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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, the news broke that the special counsel is investigating whether Michael Flynn and his son plotted to deliver Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey. Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes anal... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Election Cybersecurity Panel with Chris Krebs and Ed Felten
Episode 191 is our long-awaited election security podcast before a live, and lively, audience. Our panel consists of Chris Krebs, formerly of Microsoft and now the top cybersecurity official at DHS (wit... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Interview with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
In our 190th episode, Stewart Baker has a chance to interview Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who has a long history of engagement with technology and security issues. In this episode, we spend a remarka... -
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The Lawfare Podcast: Susan Landau on ‘Listening In’
Technology presents both consumer convenience and risk, creating a conflict between security and privacy as government agencies seek to weaken the protections that consumers want heightened. -
The Week That Will Be
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Will Killer Robots Be Banned? Lessons from Past Civil Society Campaigns
Editor’s Note: One of the most successful NGO anti-war efforts was the campaign to ban landmines, which led to a treaty banning their use and production in 1997. Activists, not surprisingly, are using th... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
What a week it was. Last Friday, CNN reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had filed the first indictments in the Russia investigation—though it did not name either the targets or the charges. Su... -
The National Security Law Podcast: Emergency Edition: Interrogation, Prosecution and Detention Issues in the Wake of the NYC Attack
We are back, one day after dropping episode 43, with an emergency podcast discussion the legal consequences of the horrific attack that occurred in New York City yesterday. The need for the podcast flow... -
Event: Hoover Book Soiree Tonight: Susan Landau's 'Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age'
Join us this evening for a book soiree at the Hoover Institution from 5 to 7 p.m., when Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes will interview Susan Landau about her forthcoming book, "Listening In: Cybersecurity in a... -
The Divisible College of International Lawyers
PDF version A review of Anthea Roberts's Is International Law International? (Oxford, 2017). *** -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, October 30 at 2:00 pm: The American Series of International Law will have an online panel on The Use of Force under International Law. J... -
The Blessing Hidden in Trump’s UNESCO Withdrawal
Editor’s Note: The Trump administration is suspicious of multilateralism in general, so it is not surprising that it is skeptical of the United Nations. The administration's decision to withdraw from UNE... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Matthew Kahn shared a primer on the history of the 25th Amendment and presidential disability after President Trump asked of the amendment, “What’s that?” Bob Litt reminded readers that the so-called "St... -
A Response to Steve Slick’s Review of ‘Finks’
At the heart of Steve Slick’s September 26 review of my book Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers, lies an unstated riddle: When do democratic institutions allow themselves to censor? Slic... -
Hoover Book Soiree on Nov. 1: Susan Landau's 'Listening In'
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 1, when Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes will interview Susan Landau about her forthcoming book, "Listen... -
Misreading Palestinian Politics
PDF version A review of Grant Rumley and Amir Tibon's, The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas (Prometheus, 2017) *** -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, October 23 at 3:30 pm: Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization will host Elliott Abrams for a lecture on his new book Rea... -
Can We Stop Terrorist Vehicular Attacks?
Editor’s Note: Among the many terrifying forms of violence ISIS and other terrorist groups are using, one of the newest, and deadliest, is the use of cars and trucks to run down innocent people. So far, ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Timothy Edgar on ‘Beyond Snowden’
In his recent book Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance, and the Struggle to Reform the NSA, civil liberties activist and former intelligence official Timothy Edgar calls for a renewed conversation...
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