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The Implementation of the Israeli Anti-BDS Travel Ban
Last March, the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, passed an amendment requiring the interior minister to deny entry to Israel to foreign nationals who “knowingly issued a public call to boycott the state of ... -
It Was Worse than You Think: The House Intelligence Meeting on the Nunes Memo
On Monday, Jan. 29, the House Intelligence Committee convened to vote on whether to release to the public the much-discussed memo on alleged surveillance abuses prepared by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes... -
How to Handle an Intelligence Committee Chairman Gone Rogue
Barring an intervention from the heavens, the so-called Nunes memo will be #released at some point over the course of the next week, either because President Trump actively chooses to release it or becau... -
What’s Going on with Sanctions on Russia?
In August 2017, the Senate passed the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 98-2; the House voted 419-3. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Mike Pompeo on the State of the CIA
Last week, CIA Director Mike Pompeo visited the American Enterprise Institute to join AEI Resident Fellow Marc Thiessen for a conversation to reflect on his first year running the agency and his vision f... -
The Little-Known Rule that Allowed Congress to Release Devin Nunes's Memo
Since last week, House Republicans have been pushing for the public release of a classified memo alleging government abuse of surveillance authorities and written by House Permanent Select Committee on I... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Monday evening, the House intelligence committee voted along party lines to release Chairman Devin Nunes’s memo on alleged government surveillance abuses and to block the release of Democrats’ rebutta... -
Independence and Accountability at the Department of Justice
Over the weekend some conservative commentators pushed back on my tweet-claim that President Trump has “threaten[ed] DOJ/FBI over and over in gross violation of independence norms.” The Justice Departmen... -
New Issue of Harvard National Security Journal
The Harvard National Security Journal’s fall issue, published earlier this week, has five articles that may be of interest to Lawfare readers. -
Egypt Finds a Token Candidate to Run Against Sisi
U.S. Policy in Syria Vague as Turkish Offensive Continues -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Interview with Tim Mauer
Whether they call it the fitbit or the “Ohsh*t!bit,” governments are learning that the exercise internet of things is giving away their geospatial secrets at a rapid clip. Nick Weaver walks us through wh... -
Hezbollah, Drugs, and the Obama Administration: A Closer Look at a Damning Politico Piece
An expose in Politico by Josh Meyer entitled “The secret backstory of how the Obama administration let Hezbollah off the hook” makes a damning charge: “In its determination to secure a nuclear deal with ...
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