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Trump’s Syria Pullout: A Quick Assessment
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency,” the president tweeted to explain his su... -
Document: U.S. Charges Chinese Government Hackers for Economic Espionage
On Thursday, the Justice Department announced charges against two Chinese nationals it alleges are connected with the China-based hacking group known by the government as Advanced Persistent Threat 10 (A... -
Document: William Barr Memo on Obstruction Investigation
The Wall Street Journal reported on Dec. 20 that nominee for attorney general William Barr sent a memo to the Justice Department earlier this year expressing his view on the special counsel's investigati... -
Litigation Over the Asylum Ban Continues: District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction against the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule precluding asylum gra... -
Rational Security: The 'Syria Later' Edition
The future of Brexit is...anyone’s guess. A sealed subpoena and a courtroom smackdown: The latest on L’Affaire Russe. And the U.S. announces it’s withdrawing troops from Syria. -
The National Security Law Podcast: This Podcast Is a State Secret
Deep-dive alert! That’s right, we are closing out 2018 with a deep-dive episode on the State Secrets Privilege. From Totten to Reynolds and on to the present day, you’ll want to tune in for this hour-lo... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump has ordered the total withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from Syria, to be completed within 30 days, the New York Times reports. Some Pentagon officials reportedly oppose the move, arguing ... -
The Much Ado About Huawei Continues
Lately, Huawei has been a recurrent flashpoint in U.S.-China relations. The arrest in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer and daughter of its founder, Ren Zhengfei, over allegations ... -
Prosecuting Pakistan’s New Extremists
Pakistan confronts a new type of extremist threat: one that challenges state institutions without rejecting the state itself. -
The Former National Security Adviser’s Sentencing Hearing: Flynncompetent Judging
Neither Michael Flynn nor Special Counsel Robert Mueller can be happy with the judge’s performance at yesterday’s sentencing hearing—and the public shouldn’t be either. -
What to Make of the Mystery Judgment in In re Grand Jury Subpoena
Earlier this evening, Dec. 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released a judgment in In re Grand Jury Subpoena, a mysterious case that has drawn attention for its suspected connection to ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: David Priess on 'How to Get Rid of a President'
David Priess is man of many national security hats. Long before becoming Lawfare's head of operations, Priess was an intelligence officer, manager, and briefer with the CIA, including some time spent as ...
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