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The Difference a Hearing Makes: Public Awareness of and Confidence in Gina Haspel Increased After Her Senate Testimony
The fight over Gina Haspel’s nomination to be director of the CIA was one of the more politically controversial that has emerged in recent months. It raised complex questions of leadership and accountabi... -
Rational Security: The 'J’recuse' Edition
President Trump told Jeff Sessions that he should not recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Trump feuds with the Homeland Security secretary as the administration separates children from their fa... -
Document: D.C. District Court Dismisses Kaspersky Litigation Against Federal Government Ban
On Wednesday, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed Kaspersky Lab’s litigation seeking to halt the federal government’s ban on using its products.... -
SinoTech: Whiplash in U.S.-China Tech Trade Relations, with More Conflict on Horizon
The U.S.-China trade conflict appeared to reach a temporary détente last week after the Trump administration agreed to resuscitate Chinese telecom giant ZTE in exchange for a package of concessions by th... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Trump administration will limit visas to Chinese graduate students studying robotics, aviation, and high-tech manufacturing, Reuters reports. The change, effective June 11, is part of the administrat... -
Saudi-Backed Forces in Yemen Near Strategic Houthi City
War in Yemen Approaches Critical Port for Aid Deliveries -
An Open Letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
One of the great privileges of my career has been the opportunity to work closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. -
Summary: Circuit Split on Device Searches at the Border in US v. Touset
More and more federal courts are confronting the question whether the government’s traditional authority to search persons and property at the border—without a warrant, and typically without any degree o... -
Can the Pentagon Restrict Congressional Foreign Travel?
A recent story from Bryant Harris at Al-Monitor reveals growing tension between the Trump administration and House Democrats over congressional travel to parts of the Middle East and South Asia. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Counterterrorism Under the Early Trump Administration
In January 2017, Donald Trump inherited a complex, multifaceted counterterrorism campaign, and since taking office, he has escalated it rhetorically and operationally. On Tuesday, New America convened a ... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Nick Bilton, Ross Ulbricht, and the Silk Road Bust
This episode features a conversation with Nick Bilton, author of “American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road.” His book, out in paperback, tells the story of Ross Ul... -
Conservative and Libertarian Lawyers in the Era of Trump
At the 2017 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, conservative and libertarian lawyers squeezed red stress balls that were adorned with the now-famous slogan: “But Gorsuch!” The Washington Exam...
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