“I will keep working to shut down the prison at Guantanamo: it’s expensive, it’s unnecessary, and it only serves as a recruitment brochure for our enemies,” said President Obama in his final State of the...

Jack's depressing experience with OPM has prompted me to share my own sad tale. Like Jack, I too got a condolence letter from the Acting Director of OPM. I noted, too, that she shared my frustration an...

Imagine you are the head of an international medical humanitarian organization with extensive operations in Yemen. Your organization provides life-saving care to civilians and wounded fighters hors de co...

Last night, President Obama reassured lawmakers eager to return to the presidential campaign (“some of you are antsy to get back to Iowa”) that he would make his final State of the Union “a little shorte...

We watched the State of the Union so you don’t have to. With an eye towards the national security sections of the speech, we’ve selected the parts we think are most relevant to Lawfare readers, organizi...

This installment, let’s examine the following questions:

I expected to hear from OPM after the data breach because it directed at least two of my background checks for security clearances while I was in government. Many acquaintances received notices. But I ...