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James Comey’s Honest Loyalty: Leadership Ethics and the Role of Process
When James Comey became the FBI director, he set out to build what he terms in his new book the “government’s premier leadership factory.” The leaders he hoped to train successfully would be distinguishe... -
Newly Disclosed Documents on the Five Eyes Alliance and What They Tell Us about Intelligence-Sharing Agreements
The United States is party to a number of international intelligence sharing arrangements—one of the most prominent being the so-called “Five Eyes” alliance. Born from spying arrangements forged during W... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Donald Trump will tell North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the U.S. will not make significant concessions such as lifting economic sanctions before Pyongyang dismantles its nuclear program, th... -
Document: Judge Chutkan's Opinion Barring the Transfer of John Doe
On April 19, Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion in Doe v. Mattis on the government's proposed transfer of John Doe. The court unsealed the opin... -
The Week That Will Be
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Water Wars: Tensions Build as the South China Sea Hosts Military Exercises
Tensions Build as the South China Sea Hosts Military Exercises The high tempo of Chinese military drills and operations in the South China Sea during recent weeks coincides with new deployments from the... -
The Travel Ban and Presidential Power
With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral argument on April 25 in Trump v. Hawaii, now is a good time to consider the government’s reliance on the president’s Article II power as a legal justificatio... -
Enjoining the Transfer of a US-Saudi Citizen to Saudi Arabia: A Doe v. Mattis Update and Initial Preview
Since this article's publishing, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has released Judge Chutkan's ruling. Read it on Lawfare. Can the U.S. government transfer a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen,... -
Fixing Ethiopia Requires More Than a New Prime Minister
Editor’s Note: For years, Ethiopia has appeared to be a relative success story, emerging from years of conflict and becoming a somewhat democratic, pro-Western ally in East Africa. Yet this success is in... -
The DNC v. Russia: The Question of Foreign Sovereign Immunity
Are Russia and its officials entitled to foreign sovereign immunity? Does President Trump have constitutional power to determine the immunity of Russian operative Guccifer 2.0? -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bobby Chesney and Scott Anderson on the Corker-Kaine AUMF
Last week, Sens. Bob Corker and Tim Kaine introduced a proposal to reshape the legal authorization for U.S. counterterrorism operations abroad. On Thursday, Susan Hennessey sat down with Bobby Chesney, c... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, April 13, President Trump announced that the U.S., France, and the U.K. launched a series of airstrikes in Syria in response to the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons in the formerly rebel...
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