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Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump announced on Friday morning that he intends to nominate former attorney general William P. Barr, who served under George H.W. Bush, to return as head of the Justice Department, reports th... -
Huawei Arrest Raises Thorny Questions of Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy
On Dec. 5, news broke that Canadian authorities had arrested the chief financial officer of Chinese telecom-equipment company Huawei at the request of the United States. The U.S. -
History Suggests Proving Collusion Between the Trump Campaign and Russia May be Impossible
When the Mueller investigation began in May 2017, many people hoped that it would shed light on what was perhaps the central question regarding Russia’s intervention in the 2016 U.S. election: whether th... -
Congress Has (Less Than) 60 Days to Save Israeli-Palestinian Security Cooperation
Earlier this fall, Congress enacted a new law with potentially dramatic implications for U.S. foreign policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA) exposes f... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Special Edition: Preet Bharara Discusses…Everything
Today Benjamin Wittes got on the phone with former U.S. attorney and podcast empresario Preet Bharara to discuss a recent report Preet has published along with the National Task Force on Rule of Law & De... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The U.S. sent a navy destroyer through the Sea of Japan on Wednesday night in a freedom-of-navigation operation intended to challenge Russia’s claims in international waters, reports the Wall Street Jour... -
The Brexit Endgame: Parliament Strikes Back
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Tabish v. Attorney General and the Legal Framework Governing Physical Coercion in ISA Interrogations
Recent legal developments have again brought the interrogation practices of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) to the fore. As new details emerged about the first-ever criminal investigation against ISA i... -
A Patent Dispute Tests the Administration’s National Security Resolve
Experts in the technology industry are closely watching the Apple–Qualcomm litigation, in which the phone and computer designer has charged the chip-making firm of anticompetitive behavior and the chip m... -
Rational Security: The 'Very Legal and Very Cool' Edition
Robert Mueller says that Michael Flynn has cooperated extensively in multiple investigations, including about Russian interference in the election. A new guilty plea from Michael Cohen changes our unders... -
Document: Don't Take Trump's Tweets Literally, Justice Department Argues
The Department of Justice submitted an unusual court filing in litigation over the release of the Carter Page FISA, arguing that the president's statements on Twitter concerning the Page FISA should not ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a sentencing memo released Tuesday night, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office said that former national security adviser Michael Flynn should receive little to no prison time for lying to the FBI ...
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