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General Michael T. Flynn was forced to resign this week because of his discussion of U.S. sanctions on Russia with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak—discussions he earlier denied. Th...
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As Lawfare readers know, someone in government leaked the news that Michael Flynn did indeed discuss sanctions in his post-election phone calls with Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kisly...
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CBS News tells us that retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward turned down President Donald Trump’s offer to replace Michael Flynn as national security adviser last night, leaving General Keith Kellogg as ac...
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As Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson instituted some necessary reforms to help mature the Department. Many of those reforms were part of the Unity of Effort initiative he kick...
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In recent weeks, ISIL sympathizers have wound their way through the court system across the country from Arizona to Florida.
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As President Trump mentioned in his press conference yesterday, he plans to issue a revised Executive Order (EO) on refugees next week that is “tailored” to the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision denying th...
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China Condemns Trump’s South China Sea Stance While Mulling New Maritime Law
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In a bizarre, sprawling news conference that was the first of his presidency, Trump claimed that he “inherited a mess” and attacked his critics and the intelligence community.
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Since President Donald Trump took office on January 20th, unauthorized immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border have topped the national security agenda (at least until the chaos over General Flynn’s calls...
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In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake rocked the eastern Japanese coastline, causing 100-foot waves, massive damage, and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant. The following day, the U.S.S....
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On Tuesday, Jack expressed concern about the possibility that the Trump presidency will end up being overly weak, and he highlighted a variety of actors who have robustly begun to check Trump’s exercises...
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In partnership with Hoover Institution in Washington and Intel Security, Lawfare is holding a conference on February 22 regarding what we can expect in cybersecurity in the new administration. Here's the...
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On Tuesday, the Trump administration’s relationship with the Russian Federation became even more complex—and not just because of the chaos surrounding the departure of Lt. General Michael Flynn as Nation...
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The ongoing revelations about Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s alleged pre-inaugural contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak have generated some confusion about what privacy protections extend to US pers...
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Since the start of his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump has repeatedly warned about “a major threat from radical Islamic terrorism,” and he has tweeted (and Twitter is the forum used for all seriou...
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I'm happy to report that Episode 4 of the National Security Law Podcast is now out! Check it out on the site's homepage here, subscribe on iTunes here, follow it on Twitter here!
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With FISA Section 702 set to expire at the end of the year, Congress will soon move to a debate over reform and reauthorization for the first time since the Snowden revelations. Undoubtedly, one high-pro...
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The New York Times reports that phone records and intercepted calls show that members of President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior R...
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On February 8th, six months after his arrest for stealing classified information, a federal grand jury in the District of Maryland indicted former NSA contractor Harold Thomas Martin III, 52, according t...
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In a tweet storm this morning, President Trump accused the Intelligence Community (IC) of leaking like a sieve and misread yet another opinion piece to support his line of reasoning.
