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The Lawfare Podcast: High School SCOTUS Visits Lawfare
Anna Salvatore is the impresario behind the High School SCOTUS blog. She got in touch with Benjamin Wittes a number of months ago asking for an interview, and produced a fascinating character study of hi... -
Documents: Oct. 1 Filings in Qassim Habeas Case
On Oct. 1, the following joint unclassified appendix and appellant brief were filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Qassim v. Trump. Joint Appendix (Unclassified) -
Document: Affidavit and Criminal Complaint Over Charlottesville Violence
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia today released an affidavit and criminal complaint against four California men who traveled to Charlottesville in August 2017 to participat... -
Today's Headlines and commentary
Mexico’s newly-elected President Obrador, a strong critic of free-market policies and the NAFTA agreement, praised USMCA on Monday for the stability it provides to US-Mexico-Canada relations, reports the... -
Germany’s Position on International Law in Cyberspace
In February 2018, the German government’s network was attacked. Germany did not specify what kind of information was accessed by the foreign hackers, but it is publicly known that the hackers successfull... -
Iraqi Kurds Return to Polls after Independence Referendum, Iranian Missiles Target Syria, Turkey Tries to Mend Ties with Germany
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Outing the GRU
In this news-only episode, Nick Weaver and I muse over the outing of a GRU colonel for the nerve agent killings in the United Kingdom. I ask the question that is surely being debated inside MI6 today: No... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The United States and Canada agreed on a trade deal to preserve NAFTA on Sunday just ahead of a deadline set by the Trump administration. The trilateral agreement will be known as the US-Mexico-Canada Ag... -
Is China Interfering in American Politics?
Speaking before the General Assembly of the United Nations on Sept. 26, President Trump issued an incendiary charge against China. “We have found,” the president declared, “that China has been attempting... -
The Week That Will Be
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Last Week at the Military Commissions: Proceedings Stymied by Defendant’s Medical Condition
The military commission trying alleged al-Qaeda commander Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi reconvened on Sept. 24 after a break in proceedings since April. A planned session in June was cancelled after Hadi underwen... -
Security by the Book Event on Oct. 9: John Mearsheimer’s ‘The Great Delusion’
The Hoover Institution will host the next event of the “Security by the Book” series on Oct. 9 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., where Lawfare’s Jack Goldsmith will interview John Mearsheimer about his new book, “...
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