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The National Security Law Podcast: Emergency Edition: Interrogation, Prosecution and Detention Issues in the Wake of the NYC Attack
We are back, one day after dropping episode 43, with an emergency podcast discussion the legal consequences of the horrific attack that occurred in New York City yesterday. The need for the podcast flow... -
Special Episode of the National Security Law Podcast: Guantanamo, Miranda and the NYC Attack
I wanted to draw attention to a special episode of the National Security Law Podcast, which Steve Vladeck and I just recorded in response to President Trump's statement that it might be best to send Saip... -
Video and Testimony: House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigative Task Force Hearing with Social Media Companies
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing titled "Russia Investigative Task Force Hearing with Social Media Companies." Witnesses include: -
Document: George Papadopoulos Criminal Complaint and Affidavit
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
A driver killed eight people on Tuesday evening by driving a truck down a bike path in New York City, shouting “God is great” in Arabic before a police officer shot him, the New York Times reported. Twel... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 10/31 Session: Sturm and Drang in the Al-Nashiri Defense
On Tuesday morning, military judge Col. Vance Spath called to order the military commission in the case of United States v. Al-Nashiri. The 10/31 session primarily addressed the absence of three civilian... -
‘Next Friend’ Standing and the Unnamed Enemy Combatant
On the Oct. 17 episode of the Lawfare Podcast, Steve Vladeck and Benjamin Wittes sparred over how concerned one should be about the incommunicado detention in Iraq of a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant... -
Video and Testimony: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing on Social Media Influence in the 2016 Elections
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held an open hearing of its Russia Investigative Task Force on "Social Media Influence in the 2016 Elections" at 9:30 a.m. EST on Nov. 1. The following social ... -
Smith v. Trump In the D.C. Circuit: A Guided Tour of the Oral Argument
Together with David Remes, I presented Capt. Nathan Smith's challenge to the war against the Islamic State before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 27. Judge Thomas Griffith presided, with Judges... -
Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s AUMF Hearing
On Oct. 30, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis on the Trump administration’s views regarding the need for a ne... -
Event: Hoover Book Soiree Tonight: Susan Landau's 'Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age'
Join us this evening for a book soiree at the Hoover Institution from 5 to 7 p.m., when Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes will interview Susan Landau about her forthcoming book, "Listening In: Cybersecurity in a... -
Document: Government Memo on Manafort and Gates Conditions of Release, Case Designation and Notice of Intent to Use Bank Records
On Oct. 31, the government filed a memorandum in United States of America v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr. and Richard W. Gates III, to advise the court of three issues prior to the scheduled Nov. 2, 2017 court ...
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