Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
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Lawfare Daily: Sept. 11, 2001, 25 Years Later
The Lawfare team talks about how Sept. 11 shaped the U.S. national security apparatus and the guests’ careers. -
Homeland Security 25 Years Later: Time to Rethink and Rebuild?
The DHS constructed by Congress in 2002 is now outdated, reviled by many, and was flawed from the start. Time to rethink and rebuild. -
Ordinary Origins: How 9/11 Built Today's Immigration Enforcement Machine
Post-9/11 data-sharing systems built for security quietly became the infrastructure for today’s automated immigration enforcement.

