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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Sunday, Benjamin Wittes and Quinta Jurecic discussed the statements made by President Trump's personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz following former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony last week before the S... -
Reminder: Hoover Book Soiree on Thursday, Daniel Drezner's The Ideas Industry
This is a reminder that the next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place this Thursday, June 15, from 5-7 pm. Jack Goldsmith will interview Daniel Drezner on his new book,... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: In Which Ben Wittes Gets to the Right of Stewart Baker, to the Likely Eventual Embarrassment of Them Both
In the news roundup, Benjamin Wittes makes a cameo appearance, defending Jim Comey (but not the FBI) from my suggestion that leaking has a long and unattractive history at the FBI. Brian Egan takes us d... -
The Week That Will Be
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Is It All Over for CVE?
Editor’s Note: Community and civil-society programs to counter violent extremism (commonly referred to as "CVE") seem to have fallen out of favor under a Trump administration that wants to look tough on ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
It’s been another crazy week, this one dominated by former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Benjamin Wittes and Susan Hennessey first answ... -
Reminder, June 15 Hoover Book Soiree: Daniel Drezner's The Ideas Industry
Reminder: RSVP for the next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution. On Thursday, June 15, Jack Goldsmith will interview Daniel Drezner on his new book, The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists... -
The Week That Will Be
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Can the COINdinistas Save Iraq from Trump?
Editor’s Note: When the United States invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003, it found itself woefully unprepared for the insurgency that followed. It took years—and many lives lost—for the U.S. military to r... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Matt Olsen on the Future of Section 702
With the impending sunset of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in December 2017, debate is heating up over how the crucial intelligence-gathering provision will be reauthorized by ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
In Russia investigation news, Helen Murillo and Benjamin Wittes analyzed whether an FBI investigation counts as a “pending proceeding” for the purpose of obstruction of justice laws. Aditya Bamzai wrote ... -
The Catastrophic Risks of Climate Change: The US Turns Its Back on the World
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Diplomacy, Distrust, and the Paris Climate Accord
Last August, David Wirth explained to Lawfare’s readers how simple it would be for President Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord’s nonbinding provisions on climate emission ... -
June 15 Hoover Book Soiree: Daniel Drezner's The Ideas Industry
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm on Thursday, June 15, when Jack Goldsmith will interview Daniel Drezner on his new book, The Ideas Industry: H... -
June 1 Hoover Event: The Future of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Join the Hoover Institution this Thursday, June 1, for its half-day conference on Section 702, the provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) scheduled to sunset at the end of this yea... -
Defusing the Iran-Saudi Powder Keg
Editor’s Note: The Iran-Saudi rivalry has fostered instability throughout the Middle East, with neither side likely to emerge triumphant. This rivalry increases bloodshed in the region and hinders U.S. a... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Once again, Lawfare has reached the end of an exhausting week. Andrew Kent kicked off the week with a study of what issues fall under newly-appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s jurisdiction in the ... -
The Week That Will Be
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Dealing with Trump: How Canada Has Been Successful (So Far)
Editor’s Note: Perhaps no country is closer to the United States—geographically and culturally—than Canada. Aside from a few unpleasant moments at the birth of the American republic, relations have been ... -
The Bizarre, Endless, and Oh-So-Disturbing Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Endless Post
It has been a very, very long week.
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