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Document: Goodlatte and Gowdy Letter Regarding Joint Investigation
Reps. Bob Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy, chairmen of the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight, respectively, have released the below letter regarding the committees' joint investigation into the FB... -
Cyber Risks to Financial Stability
The financial sector has long been at the forefront of cybersecurity protection, information sharing, and collaboration. Even so, cyberattacks on banks and other institutions of the global financial syst... -
The Failure of the United States’ Chinese-Hacking Indictment Strategy
Just before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against two Chinese nationals who allegedly conducted a twelve-year “global campaign[] of computer intrusions” to steal sensit... -
Social Media Content Moderation: The German Regulation Debate
Over the past year, lawmakers from Brussels to Washington have discussed whether and how to regulate social media platforms. In Germany, a central question has been whether such platforms—which Germans c... -
Fourth Amendment Reasonableness After Carpenter v. United States
In Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment applies when the government acquires large amounts of cell-phone location data. -
Exceptional Access: The Devil is in the Details
Lawfare has run a series of posts concerning exceptional access. -
Yes, Bill Barr’s Memo Really is Wrong About Obstruction of Justice
In a New York Times op-ed last Friday, we wrote that William Barr, who served as attorney general under President George H.W. -
A Primer on Syria’s Constitutional Committee
As new U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen prepares to assume his position on January 7, it is an opportune time to revisit the Syrian constitutional drafting effort and its role within the larger... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Exiting Syria and the Rest of the Iceberg
This week, President Trump made the unexpected announcement that he was immediately withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria, ending their involvement in the counter-ISIS campaign that the United States has le... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Thursday, Dec. 20, in a concise letter that outlined the differences between his worldview and the president’s, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced his resignation, effective Feb. 28, 2019. Quinta ... -
Asylum Ban Litigation: Supreme Court Declines to Stay Injunction
In a brief order on Dec. 21, the Supreme Court denied the Trump administration’s request for a stay of the preliminary injunction against the asylum ban issued earlier this week by Judge Jon Tigar of the... -
Lifting of Treasury Sanctions on Deripaska Highlights Role for Congress in Foreign Affairs Decisions
On Dec. 19, the Trump administration notified Congress that in 30 days it would lift sanctions on several companies connected with sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska: aluminum giant Rusal and two...
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