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If I Had Five Minutes to Question Robert Mueller
Here’s a puzzle: Imagine that you are a member of Congress who, under rules seemingly designed to preclude effective questioning, had exactly five minutes to interview Robert Mueller on national televisi... -
Addressing the Threat of Homegrown Violent Extremists Sympathetic to the Islamic State
Editor’s Note: In recent years, so-called homegrown violent extremists (HVEs) have eclipsed returned foreign fighters and other sources of terrorism. National Defense University’s Kim Cragin assesses the... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Dan Byman on 'Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad'
Benjamin Wittes sat down with Dan Byman, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Middle East Studies and Lawfare's foreign policy editor, to discuss his new book, "Road Warriors: Foreign ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Evelyn Douek analyzed Facebook’s progress report on its ongoing civil rights audit. Joe Whittaker explained that content moderation policies are driving terrorists onto encrypted apps, making the commun... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The British navy seized a tanker off the coast of Gibraltar suspected of carrying Iranian oil to a refinery in Syria in violation of EU sanctions, the BBC reports. The Spanish government plans to lodge a... -
Trump’s Economic Proposal Is an Opportunity in Disguise
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
The Mueller Report and the Limits of Theatrics
“[T]he work speaks for itself,” said Special Counsel Robert Mueller of his office’s report on election interference and potential obstruction of justice. On June 24, the organization Law Works agreed, pr... -
Ninth Circuit Declines to Stay Preliminary Injunction of Border Wall
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to stay of a lower court's preliminary injunction of President Trump's reallocation of funds for the construction of a border wall. The decision i... -
SinoTech: Xi and Trump Agree to Restart Trade Talks
Xi and Trump Agree to Restart Trade Talks, With Slight Reprieve for Huawei in Sight -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran would increase its enrichment levels to whatever level is needed, the Washington Post reports. The move to raise enrichment levels above 3.67 ... -
Federal Court Orders Bond Hearings for Imprisoned Asylum Seekers
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ordered the government to provide bond hearings to asylum seekers who were apprehended crossing the border irregularly and whose asylum clai... -
Parsing the State Department’s Letter on the Use of Force Against Iran
Recent tensions between the United States and Iran have led many members of Congress to speculate about what legal authority the Trump administration may claim it has to go to war without congressional a...
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