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Six Possible Options for the Supreme Court’s Review of the Travel Ban
On Monday, the Supreme Court’s tumultuous 2016 term is scheduled to draw to an end. But will it? All of the briefing in the travel ban litigation has been filed, and the cases are ready for the Court’s r... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Developments in Syria and rising tensions with Russia drove foreign policy news this week. On Sunday, a U.S. F/A-18 shot down a manned Syrian government Su-22 bomber that had attacked the U.S.-backed Syr... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Avi Issacharoff and Dov Sedaka on Fauda
This week, in Israel, Ben had two conversations about the television show Fauda. On Tuesday, Ben spoke with Avi Issacharoff, the show's co-creator and a journalist at the Times of Israel and Walla!. Then... -
New Rules for SIGINT Collection in Germany: A Look at the Recent Reform
Those following the Section 702 reauthorization debate may be interested in Germany’s recent intelligence reforms. One aspect of particular interest—which I also focus on in a new paper—is new limits on ... -
Water Wars: The South China Sea Security Dialogue That Wasn’t
U.S. and Chinese Officials Meet for Inaugural High-Level U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue, But South China Sea Issues Feature Less Prominently Than Anticipated -
The 18 FISA Court Opinions on Section 702: Summaries
Pursuant to a FOIA request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the FISA Court has released 18 redacted opinions regarding FISA Section 702. The opinions primarily concern the authorization of ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
This morning the Washington Post revealed in an 8,000 word deep-dive that the CIA obtained Russian President Vladimir Putin’s direct instructions for undercutting Hillary Clinton and helping Donald Trump... -
An Unexpected Primer: The Origination Clause and the Senate's Sanctions Bill
It's hard to imagine a legal topic further afield from national security law than the Origination Clause. -
Reading—and Taking Seriously—the President’s New Tweet on the “Tapes”
When President Trump first tweeted his hint of “tapes,” he might have been just surrendering to his social media impulses. He did not have a lawyer at the time, or one he publicly admitted to having hir... -
Don’t Forget Non-Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
Soldier Self-Defense and the Strikes in Syria
On Tuesday, U.S. forces shot down an armed Iranian drone in southern Syria, a few days after a similarly justified strike on a Syrian aircraft that dropped a bomb near a U.S. training outpost. Combined w... -
Trump Claims No Recordings of Conversations with Comey
On May 12, following the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, President Trump tweeted: James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! — ...
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