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Document: D.C. District Court Dismisses Manafort Challenge to Special Counsel Scope
On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the following order denying Paul Manafort's motion to dismiss due to the Justice Department and special counsel's acting outside the... -
Summary: Denial of Motion to Dismiss in 9/11 Military Commission
On April 25, Col. James Pohl, the presiding judge in United States v. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad et al. (commonly called the “9/11 case”), issued a ruling denying defendant Mustafa al-Hawsawi’s motion to dis... -
Summary: Supreme Court Rules in Jesner v. Arab Bank
This Tuesday, the Supreme Court held in Jesner et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC that the federal courts are not available to aliens in actions against foreign corporations. In a 5-4 vote, with Justice Anthony K... -
Document: House Intelligence Committee Majority and Minority Reports on Russian Election Interference
The Republican majority of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has released its report on Russian election interference. The Democratic minority has also released a separate report. Both... -
DACA Rescission 2.0
The Trump administration’s plan to wind down DACA, the deferred action policy that grants lawful presence to certain aliens, has been halted by several federal courts. While I have criticized such ruling... -
Zero D’Eh: Canada Takes a Bold Step Towards Offensive Cyber Operations
Canada is going on the attack—at least in cyberspace. As Canada undergoes the most comprehensive national security legislation reform in over three decades, one of the most notable proposed changes in th... -
Whose Responsibility Is It to Confront Terrorism Online?
This week, Facebook and YouTube announced new data on removal of terrorist content on their platforms. Facebook also released its internal document clarifying what content stays online and what is deleted. -
Don't Read Too Much Into the Jump in Rejected FISA Applications
Recent headlines about foreign intelligence surveillance—e.g., “In Trump’s first year, FISA court denied record number of surveillance orders”—are misleading. -
Come Work for Lawfare
It’s my pleasure to announce that Lawfare is hiring an associate editor! Nobody’s leaving, but the site has seen monumental growth in the volume of readership and submissions recently, and our team wants... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, according to the Washington Post. The vote was 57–42. Pompeo narrowly received a favorable recommendation from the Committee on Foreign Relations e... -
War Machines: Artificial Intelligence in Conflict
PDF Version A review of Paul Scharre’s “Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War” (W.W. Norton, 2018). *** -
Rational Security: The ‘Drinking on the Job’ Edition
Gina Haspel faces an uphill climb to become the next CIA director. Former FBI No. 2 Andrew McCabe may face criminal charges. And the Democratic National Committee files suit over the 2016 theft of its em...
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