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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times tells us that after facing a bipartisan firestorm of criticism due to revelations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with and spoke to the Russian ambassador to the United States,... -
Proposed Russia Sanctions Legislation
Though there may be plenty of topics about which President Trump and congressional Republicans agree, Russia does not appear to be one of them. The President’s defense of Putin has prompted a cold reacti... -
Intelligence Officers Won’t Exit En Masse During the Trump Administration
Former intelligence analyst Edward Price dramatically resigned from CIA last week in an op-ed in the Washington Post—complete with a video critique that has gone viral on social media. Is Mr. Price’s dep... -
Event Video: "Cybersecurity in the Trump Administration: What Should We Expect?"
The Hoover Institution has made available video of the event we did at Hoover's DC office with the folks at Intel Security. It was a terrific event, of which we'll be featuring excerpts on this week's La... -
Water Wars: Mr. Yang Goes to Washington
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi Visits Washington as the White House Announces Proposal to Increase Military Spending Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with State Councilor Yang Jiechi (Photo: X... -
Rational Security: The "Kislyak of Death" Edition
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is under fire for his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States, while the Trump administration tries to deflect attention on Russia investigations. Is... -
What Happens When We Don’t Believe the President’s Oath?
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The Rules of Congressional Investigations and Trump’s Growing Russia Problem
This afternoon, Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from investigations “related in any way to the campaigns for president of the United States.” The decision follows a report from -
Come Work at Lawfare!
I’m excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for a new Associate Editor at Lawfare. If you have ever thought to yourself, “I want to be Quinta Jurecic when I grow up,” this is your chan... -
Fufi's Story: An Israeli General's Lone Mission in the West Bank
“We did not achieve the goal,” Fufi says. I am sitting in a lounge in an upscale Jerusalem hotel in December with an Israeli reserve general named Dov Sedaka, listening as he tells me the story of his t... -
International Terrorism Prosecutions: 2017's Second Material Support Arrest
On February 21st, twenty-five year old Robert Lorenzo Hester, Jr. was charged in federal district court in the Western District of Missouri with attempting to provide material support to ISIL. Hester is ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Last night, the Washington Post reported that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. twice during the election, despite denying that he had met with Russian offi...
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