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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and the leaders of the CIA, NSA, FBI, DIA, and NGIA testified on Tuesday before the Senate intelligence committee on worldwide threats. Matthew Kahn shared the... -
What Does It Mean for the United States to Recognize Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s President?
President Trump’s recent decision to recognize Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president has placed the United States in the middle of a heated struggle over that country’s political future. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The U.S. is officially suspending the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia on Friday following long-standing U.S. allegations that Russia is fielding systems which violate treaty terms, t... -
Guaidó, Not Maduro, Is the De Jure President of Venezuela
The U.S., along with dozens of other states, recently recognized Juan Guaidó, the president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, as the legitimate president of Venezuela. Discussion of international recogni... -
Paid Policy Incubator Fellowship For Technologists: A Call for Applications
If 2018 was the year that the D.C.-Silicon Valley divide became abundantly apparent, then 2019 is the year that we can and should do more to bridge that divide. To do so, we need more bridge crossers: ex... -
Oral Argument Summary: In re: Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri
On Jan. 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument in In re: Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri. Judges Judith Rogers, David Tatel and Thomas Griffith reviewed Abd Al Rahim Husse... -
Why Intelligence Leadership Won’t Resign in Response to Trump’s Criticisms
Earlier this week, CIA Director Gina Haspel, FBI Director Christopher Wray, NSA Director Paul Nakasone, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo, Defense Intelligence Agency Direc... -
The National Security Law Podcast: Is It Arnold Palmer or Iced Tea-Lemonade?
Unlike Rent Live, all of our personnel participated in this week’s show! We’ve got: -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Hackers penetrated a Russian database containing private discovery material from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s case against the Russian consulting firm Concord Management, and then manipulated and dis... -
The Lawfare Podcast Shorts: What a Watergate Document Can Teach the House Judiciary Committee
While researching the Watergate Road Map, Benjamin Wittes discovered a letter written by the then-Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary Peter Rodino to the chief judge of the U.S. District Cou... -
Document: Special Counsel Motions for Exception to Speedy Trial Act in Stone Case
On Thursday, the Special Counsel’s Office filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in its case against Roger Stone seeking an exception to the Speedy Trial Act due to “volum... -
Facebook’s ‘Draft Charter’ for Content Moderation: Vague, But Promising
The Charter of the United Nations begins by listing a number of lofty goals, including, “We the peoples of the United Nations [have] determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, whi...
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