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The repeal of net-neutrality rules went into effect Monday morning, reports the New York Times. The Federal Communications Commission voted in December to repeal the Obama-era rules, which prohibited int... -
Spring 2018 Issue of Harvard National Security Journal
The Harvard National Security Journal’s spring issue, published last week, has five articles that may be of interest to Lawfare readers. -
The Week That Will Be
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Iraq’s Harsh Approach to Punishing Islamic State ‘Collaborators’ Stands to Have Counterproductive Consequences
“[The Islamic State]’s ideology is so dangerous that we cannot afford to show any leniency” —an Iraqi judge interviewed in Mosul (Dec. 13, 2017) -
What the CIA Could Learn From the U.K. Government Apology Over a Libyan Rendition Case
Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar were my clients. Belhaj led a Libyan Islamist group that sought to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi; Boudchar, a Moroccan citizen, is his wife. The CIA abducted them in 20... -
Donald Trump’s Pardon Power and the State of Exception
President Trump has been merciful lately. In April, he pardoned Scooter Libby, the former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who was convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false stateme... -
Document: Senator Corker Introduces Legislation to Restrict Presidential Authority on National Security Tariffs
On June 6th, Sen. Bob Corker introduced legislation intended to restrict the president's authority to issue national security tariffs. The bill would require the president to receive congressional approv... -
Document: Forced Labor Constitutes Material Support, Board of Immigration Appeals Finds
In a June 6th ruling, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed and remanded the case of a woman appealing an immigration judge's decision to deny her asylum application because of her provision of mate... -
Drone Blowback: Much Ado about Nothing?
Editor’s Note: One of the most common, and seemingly convincing, critiques of the drone program is that it produces "blowback"—each miss that kills civilians, or even each hit that kills a militant, ange... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Soumaya Keynes and Megan Reiss on Trade and National Security Under the Trump Administration
Economic welfare and national security have never been mutually exclusive, but trade has factored into the national security discourse prominently in recent days, with the administration announcing tarif... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Quinta Jurecic kicked off the week by posting two letters sent by the Trump legal team to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June 2017 and January 2018. Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes offered their thoughts ... -
Mueller's Witness Tampering Indictment
A couple of days ago, I expressed some doubt about the strength of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's witness-tampering allegations against Paul Manafort. One question in the back of my mind was implicit—i...
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