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Update on Myron Cramer's 1945 Memo on Surveillance Legal Issues
A few days, ago, I wrote this post exploring a 1945 memo from TJAG Myron Cramer regarding various legal issues surrounding the program that evolved into Operation Shamrock (as well as various other, more... -
How to Work with the Kurds (and Turkey) in Syria
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
The National Security Consequences of Deregulation
When most people think about regulations, they think about health, safety, and environmental rules. As part of their efforts to deregulate in these areas, the House of Representatives has passed sweeping... -
Breaking News: I Was (Probably) the Subject of Incidental Collection
Paging Devin Nunes: You'd better get yourself over to the White House to brief the President. Get this: The FBI is engaged in a pattern of incidental collection of information on US persons in the course... -
Civil Suits Against the President
In the normal course of Lawfare, a civil lawsuit in Kentucky would not seem to implicate national security. But when one of the defendants is the President of the United States, well .... I suppose ever... -
What I Learned from Reading the Islamic State’s Propaganda Instruction Manual
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State has long issued a steady torrent of sophisticated propaganda to demonize its enemies, inspire its followers, and advance its cause in general. How does the Islamic State ... -
Immunity
With the news that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is seeking immunity for his testimony, it is perhaps worth a few moments reviewing the concept of immunity. -
What Lies Behind Flynn's Public Request for Immunity?
Lawfare readers are surely aware that on Thursday, the lawyer for former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn went public with a statement seeking immunity from prosecution in exchange for his test... -
Language Matters: How a Minor Mistranslation Can Affect US-China Relations
Earlier this week, Reuters posted a short report quoting the official spokesman of China’s Ministry of National Defense as saying "there is no such thing as man-made islands” in response to a question ab... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Graeme Wood on "The Way of the Strangers"
At this week's Hoover Book Soiree, Samuel Tadros of the Hudson Institute and the Hoover Institution sat down with Graeme Wood to discuss his new book, The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islami... -
April Fool’s Day Joke Canceled
Lawfare will be breaking with tradition by not posting an April Fool’s Day joke this year. We just couldn’t come up with anything so silly and clearly factually inaccurate that there was no chance anyone... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The saga of the Russian connection continued this week. Quinta Jurecic posted video of the joint statement by the SSCI’s Chairman Sen. Richard Burr and ranking member Sen. Mark Warner, in which they pled...
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