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How to Read What Comey Said Today
Today was a bad day for President Trump. Really bad. Over the weekend, I wrote a short piece about how to understand the testimony FBI Director James Comey was to give today. The bottom line was that: ... -
Trump's Social Media Plan: Problematic Law and Policy, Pointless Security
A month ago, the legislative text of “Visa Investigation and Social Media Activity Act of 2017” (VISA Act) was released. The bill requires, among other things, that background checks for visa application... -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins for March 17
On Friday, March 17th, Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement on the pretrial hearings conducted in the USS Cole case over the past two weeks and the upcoming h... -
Nashiri Files Cert Petition in Habeas Case
Counsel for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri in the Guantanamo detainee's habeas case have filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court appealing the decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals... -
The Week That Will Be
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
At the House Intelligence Committee’s open hearing on Russian interference in the presidential election, FBI Director James Comey confirmed the existence of an ongoing investigation into election interfe... -
D.C. Circuit: Ethiopia Immune from Hacking Suit under the FSIA
Last Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit ruled in Doe v. Ethiopia that Ethiopia cannot be sued in U.S. court for allegedly hacking the computer of a political dissident living in Maryland. The unanimous decision a... -
Why China Will Not Unify with Taiwan by 2020—and Beijing Lacks Compelling Military Options
For China, the first of its two “centennial anniversaries”—in 2021 (100 years since the Chinese Communist Party’s (CPP) founding) and 2049 (100 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China)... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/15 Session: In Case You Have to Testify to it 14 Years Later
It’s 8:59 am on Wednesday morning and the military commission convened to try Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, accused of plotting al Qaeda’s attack on the USS Cole in 2000, is set for business. Today, FBI agent... -
What the Trump Presidency Means for China
Prior to the 2016 U.S. Election, commentators generally thought that a Trump presidency would be a double-edged sword for the Chinese leadership: on one hand, his brand of crass populism might do severe ... -
Video and Liveblog of HPSCI Hearing on Russian Active Measures Investigation
At 10am this morning, the House Intelligence Committee will hold a much-anticipated open hearing on Russian active measures during the 2016 campaign. FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Admiral Mik... -
Weaponizing Twitter
If you don't find this report seriously creepy, you are far more sanguine than I am. A Maryland man was arrested Friday on a cyberstalking charge in connection with allegedly sending an epilepsy suffer... -
Why Strategies Disappoint—and How to Fix Them
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How to Listen to Jim Comey's Testimony on Monday
Let me start by saying that I have absolutely no inside information about the testimony FBI Director Jim Comey is going to give Monday morning before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Cybersecurity in the Trump Administration
President Donald Trump has pledged to end the defense sequester and make the development of defensive and offensive cyber capabilities a White House priority, but the contours of U.S. cyber policy under ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week, President Donald Trump saw his revised travel ban enjoined by federal district judges in Hawaii and Maryland, the latter of which the Justice Department has appealed. -
Rational Security: The "Guns, Butter, and Palace Intrigue" Edition
The Trump administration expands operations against ISIS and al Qaeda. The administration wants to shrink the budget for the State Department. And what do personnel moves tell us about who’s in charge of... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a rare public comment, U.K. signals intelligence agency GCHQ said that the allegations made yesterday by Press Secretary Sean Spicer that the agency spied on President Trump at the request of Presiden... -
Event Announcement: The Role of Congress in Protecting Liberal Democracy: A Conversation with Rep. Adam Schiff of the House Intelligence Committee
On Tuesday, March 21st, Lawfare and the Brookings Institution will host Representative Adam Schiff, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for an address on the role of C... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/7 Session: The "Time Warp" Edition
Editor's Note: We apologize for our military commissions coverage being published out of sequence, as transcripts for last Tuesday's hearing were only recently made available to us. ***
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