GAZIANTEP, Turkey—”This looks so much like the countryside around Aleppo,” says Dr. Diaa Abdullah as we drive past green and rust-colored hills and olive groves between the Southeastern Turkish towns of ...

FBI Director Jim Comey bites into Apple. The Obama administration unveils its plan for closing Guantanamo. And the Homeland Security Department will start scouring social media for warning signs of viole...

Let’s not pretend that that the outcome the Justice Department seeks in the Apple case is limited to only a single case and just this particular phone. This unquestionably involves a special case. Becau...

We are delighted to announce the launch of Lawfare's new subsidiary page, called Aegis: Security Policy in Depth.

It is a strange time for national security.

Pre-trial sessions resumed this week in the military commission trial of five Guantanamo detainees, who allegedly orchestrated the September 11th attacks. Only three of the five accused were present Mond...

As the FBI diligently set about following every lead in the San Bernardino shooting case, did it ever stop and take a look at what marketing companies collect? I’m currently participating in a research g...

Today's Washington Post contains an article by David Ignatius that reports on the DoD's "third offset" strategy.

President Obama's Guantanamo closure report begins with a false statement and proceeds make a series of valid points. It deserves more serious attention than it's likely to get, not because it breaks muc...

Last week, I floated the idea that Apple might argue that being asked to assist the government in unlocking an iPhone constituted compelled speech. I did not explore the idea in any depth or offer any th...

Attention to the "close GTMO" issue is spiking today, with President Obama taking to the podium to reiterate his position and the Defense Department releasing a new document describing the current roadma...

Here's the, uh, frank exchange of views. It will begin at 3:45 pm:

The escalating war of words between Apple and the FBI is widely seen as a “security vs. privacy” dilemma. But it’s much more than that. This is also fundamentally a security vs. security dilemma. Lost in...

On Friday, February 19, the Constitutional Council upheld two articles of the state-of-emergency law—meeting bans and warrantless searches—as constitutional, but struck down a provision allowing the poli...

From my perspective, the original Apple letter to its customers (“original letter”) and its answers to (frequently asked) questions (“answers document”) are slightly disingenuous in two ways. The origin...

This morning, the Department of Defense formally submitted the Obama administration's plan for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Congress. The plan is available here.