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  • The Situation: But Wait! There’s More!

    Katherine Pompilio Benjamin Wittes
    Apr 7, 2026
    Just when you thought you had your hands around the problem of the government violating court orders.
  • The Situation: Dominance Play

    Benjamin Wittes
    Mar 27, 2026
    What the Anthropic case is really about.
  • The Situation: The Enduring Truths of the Mueller Report

    Benjamin Wittes
    Mar 24, 2026
    There are four of them. 
  • The Situation: Meanwhile, Part II

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    Mar 22, 2026
    Don’t look now but even without The Situation, things would really suck.
  • The Situation: Meanwhile

    Benjamin Wittes
    Mar 17, 2026
    Some things happened.
  • The Situation: An Investigation Based on Vaporous, Speculative Malice

    Benjamin Wittes
    Mar 15, 2026
    On a judge’s opinion, the U.S. attorney’s unhinged press conference, and the government’s almost empty brief.
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    The Situation: Thinking About Anthropic’s Red Lines

    Benjamin Wittes
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    What does the AI company mean by “mass surveillance” and “lethal autonomous warfare”?
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    Sometimes you get away with reckless and stupid decisions.
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    Katherine Pompilio Benjamin Wittes
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    Selected quotations from recent federal court orders.
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    Benjamin Wittes
    Feb 24, 2026
    A meditation.
  • The Situation: Just Asking Questions II

    Benjamin Wittes
    Feb 20, 2026
    Ten questions that will condition the next several months of American life.
  • The Situation: Translating Rubio

    Benjamin Wittes
    Feb 18, 2026
    The secretary of state’s Munich speech in plain simple English.
  • The Situation: “Horsefeathers!”

    Benjamin Wittes
    Feb 13, 2026
    A federal judge with a unique style in punctuation.
  • The Situation: Grand Juries in Savage Times

    Benjamin Wittes
    Feb 11, 2026
    They really are an important civil liberties protection.
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    Benjamin Wittes
    Feb 8, 2026
    A chic window on disaster.
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    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 31, 2026
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    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 28, 2026
    That ridiculous feeling of coming from a society that is endeavoring to destroy itself to visit a society that is working to preserve itself. 
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    Tyler McBrien Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 22, 2026
    Reading Prime Minister Carney’s Davos speech carefully
  • Photo of President of the United States Donald Trump speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

    The Situation: “Evident Clinical Symptoms”

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 20, 2026
    There is no magic bullet solution to a deranged president.
  • The Situation: A Temper Tantrum in a Legal Brief

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 15, 2026
    Even when the Justice Department is right, it manages to behave with wild impropriety.
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