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The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, October 17 at 2pm: At the American Enterprise Institute, Roger F. Noriega will discuss Elusive Peace in Colombia with Juan Carlos Pinzon... -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins for October 16
Yesterday, Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins provided the following statement regarding this week's pretrial hearings in the USS Cole case. The statement is also available here. -
Is Hezbollah Less Dangerous to the United States?
Get terrorism analysts around a bar (always a disturbing scene) and ask them which group is most formidable, and you’re likely to get a surprising answer. It’s not the Islamic State, or even Al Qaeda and... -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins
On Friday, Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement on the pretrial hearings conducted in the 9/11 case over the past week. His statement is also available here. -
U.S. Cyber Responses to Russian Hacking of the November Election
Recent news reports regarding Russian hacks affecting the November election suggest that the United States is preparing on possible U.S. cyber actions in response, such as revealing information to the Ru... -
Obama’s Term-End Thoughts on Targeted Killing
You could be forgiven if, amidst all the allegations of groping, the Clinton-Trump debates, and the ongoing implosion of the Republican Party, you missed an extensive interview by Jonathan Chait with our... -
American Hybrid Warfare: Somalia as a Case Study in the Real American Way of War in 2016
The front page of the New York Times carried a story this Sunday that would have commanded the news cycle many years ago. It describes in previously-unappreciated detail the complex nature and large scal... -
Engaging the "Not-Yet-Guilty" in the Fight against Terrorism
Editor's Note: Countering violent extremism (CVE) is a perfect sound bite, a magic wand to solve terrorism before it happens. Yet many programs initiated in the name of CVE are poorly designed, and some ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Jack Goldsmith and Susan Hennessey on Russian Interference in the U.S. Election
When audio dropped last Friday of Donald Trump boasting of attacks on women that can't be described on a family-friendly website such as this one, the news quickly eclipsed another, just-as-important ele... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jack Goldsmith questioned the effectiveness of US cyber deterrence following the official accusations that Russia was behind the DNC hacks. Jack followed up with some additional reactions to the Obama a... -
Rational Security: The "John Podesta Makes a Mean Risotto" Edition
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off in their second debate. And the intelligence community officially pins the blames on Russia for hacking U.S. political organizations. Susan has some real ID is... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Syrian government negotiated an evacuation deal with 400 rebels entrenched outside Damascus, reports Reuters. The regime’s forces granted free passage to the insurgents and their families as they mad...
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