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Document: District Court Memorandum Opinion in ACLU v. Mattis
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the following Memorandum Opinion in ACLU v. Mattis that, among other things, denies the Defense Department's motion to d... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Carrie Cordero examined the developments in President Donald Trump’s relationship with the intelligence community throughout 2017. Benjamin Wittes analyzed Trump’s 2017 performance and his lackluster war... -
The Lawfare Podcast: What the Heck is Up with 702?
As the year is coming to a close, Congress has now missed the deadline for reauthorizing FISA Section 702. Molly Reynolds, a Brookings fellow in Governance Studies and expert on Congress, joined Benjamin... -
Summary: European Commission Addresses Judicial Independence in Poland
There is reason to question the independence of the Polish judiciary; over the past two years, Polish legislature has adopted more than 13 laws that arguably place the courts in the control of the ruling... -
A Critique of the Trump Administration’s Case for Presidential War Making
On Dec. 11, the New York City Bar Association hosted a session on “The Global War on Terrorism: Do We Need a New AUMF?” William Castle, deputy general counsel of the Department of Defense, explained why ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Friday, the U.N. Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea designed to significantly cut off fuel supplies and order North Koreans working abroad to return home within two years, the New Y... -
Water Wars: East China Sea-son’s Greetings
On Dec. 6, following two days of talks in Shanghai, China and Japan reached a tentative agreement on the implementation of a crisis management hotline to avoid sea and air clashes in disputed areas of th... -
What Did Mike Pompeo Say to the CIA Workforce in his Holiday Message?
I confess that I don't know the answer to this question. But the grapevine has been buzzing this morning in response to a Christmas letter the CIA director apparently sent to his workforce—a message wh... -
Congress Buys Itself Another Three Weeks on Section 702
On Dec. 21, the House and Senate voted 238-188 and 66-32, respectively, to pass a concurring resolution extending government funding until Jan. 19, 2018. One provision of that bill extended the FISA Amen... -
How Should International Law Treat Cyberattacks like WannaCry?
North Korea was behind the infamous WannaCry cyberattack, asserted homeland security adviser Thomas P. Bossert in a Dec. -
Rational Security: The "Beam Me Up, Santa" Edition
Robert Mueller gets hold of emails from the presidential transition. The Pentagon has been researching sightings of UFOs. And a U.S. citizen is being held as an enemy combatant in Iraq. -
The Trump Administration and the United Nations: A Good News Story
My hat is off to the Trump administration’s deft diplomacy in the United Nations Security Council.
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