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The Commerce Department's Self-Defeating Conception of National Security
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Summary: Second Circuit Opinion in Linde v. Arab Bank
Earlier this month, the Second Circuit issued a decision in Linde v. Arab Bank vacating a $100 million judgment against Arab Bank, following a jury verdict that found the bank liable under the Antiterror... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in United States v. Microsoft on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. At issue in the case is whether Microsoft, an American company, must comply with a warran... -
Military Commissions Compared to Civilian Prosecution in Federal Court: A Revealing Snapshot
If you have paid any attention to the topic of military commissions over the past sixteen years, you do not need me to tell you of the troubles they’ve faced. Whatever their merits in theory (and I do th... -
Cyberspace Norms and U.S.-China Relations: Addressing the Challenge of ‘China, Inc.+’
A central feature of U.S.-China cyber diplomacy has been Washington’s effort to persuade Beijing to acknowledge and enforce a norm against state-sponsored commercial cyber theft. After years of private d... -
Facebook's Policies Pressed From All Sides as Europe Cracks Down
February has been a particularly bad month in a bad two years for Facebook. Following Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 Russians and three organizations in connection with running a disin... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, Feb. 26 at 2:00 p.m.: The Hudson Institute will host an event on “Taking Stock of Trump’s Foreign Policy After Year One.” Tod Lindberg w... -
Understanding Data Breaches as National Security Threats
For decades the theft of private individuals’ data has been treated as an annoyance. Activist state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission have pursued cases, but U.S. laws fail to treat thef... -
Departmentalism, Judicial Supremacy and DACA
In recent years, there has been a resurgence of academic interest in the concept of both departmentalism and its obverse, judicial supremacy. -
Qatar’s Domestic Agenda and the Gulf Crisis
Editor’s Note: The crisis between Qatar and its neighbors drags on, exacerbating regional instability and posing problems for U.S. policymakers. While many analysts have focused on the security and forei... -
Document: House Intelligence Democrats Release Rebuttal Memo
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released their rebuttal to the memo on alleged surveillance abuses prepared by Chairman Devin Nunes. The rebuttal memo is available in full below. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Stephen Williams on Vasily Maklakov
Vasily Maklakov was a political reformer in pre-revolution Russia who offered his country an alternative to radicalism that it chose to forego. This week, I speak to Judge Stephen Williams of the D.C. Ci...
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