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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... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
It has been a busy week for the special counsel investigation. -
The McGahn Cover Letter in Light of the Trump Tweet
The Nunes memo was thoroughly debunked less than 12 hours after its publication. -
Takeaways From the House Intelligence Democrats’ Memo
President Trump lost no time dismissing the memo released Saturday by the House intelligence committee Democrats in response to the earlier memo prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes on the origins of the Carter ... -
Final Pre-Argument Thoughts on the Microsoft Case
I have blogged a lot over the last two years on the pending case of United States v. Microsoft, the case on whether Microsoft must comply with a search warrant for foreign-stored e-mails. With oral argum... -
Document: Manafort Superseding Indictment
On Friday, the special counsel released a superseding indictment against Paul Manafort. The full document is below: -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a superseding indictment listing dozens of more charges against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates, the New ... -
Kaspersky Lab v. DHS: The Government's Response and Kaspersky's Reply
In December 2017, the Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security over an order labeling Kaspersky software an “information security risk” and ord...
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