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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes offered a guide for those perplexed by FBI Director James Comey’s decision to revisit the investigation of the Clinton emails. They also assessed the role of Attorney G... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Iraqi troops entered Mosul yesterday for the first time since the Islamic State gained control of the city over two years ago. The New York Times reports on Iraqi special forces’ advance into the Gogjali... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Jonathan Zittrain
Jonathan Zittrain, who holds a surfeit of titles at Harvard, is our guest for episode 136. Among other topics, we explore the implications of routine doxing of political adversaries. Along the way I extr... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, October 31st at 2pm: Michael E. O'Hanlon and Steven Pifer will discuss Nuclear Arms Control Choices for the Next Administration in an ev... -
A Costly Pause in a Troubled Relationship
PDF version A review of Jay Solomon's The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East (Random House 2016). *** -
America's Counterterrorism Allies: What Are They Good For?
Editor's Note: The United States cannot fight terrorism without allies, but these alliances bring with them new problems and at times make counterterrorism far more complicated, to put it gently. Clint W... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes outlined what FBI Director James Comey’s letter to Congress does and does not mean. He also shared the comments of former NSA and CIA director General Michael Hayden on Sean Hannity’s new... -
Cyber Insecurity: Navigating the Perils of the Next Information Age
This is a plug for a new cyber policy book out this month: Cyber Insecurity: Navigating the Perils of the Next Information Age, edited by Richard Harrison, Director of Operations and Defense Technology P... -
Getting It Right for the First Customer
PDF version Review of David Priess's The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents from Kennedy to Obama (PublicAffairs, 2016). *** -
Global Human Rights in America
PDF version A review of Mark Bradley's The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2016). *** -
The Week That Will Be
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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes argued for a non-partisan coalition of democratic forces to come together after the election to stand behind American democratic and legal institutions. He then outlined an agenda for how... -
Intern with Lawfare!
Lawfare is now accepting spring internship applications. For more details, check out the Brookings application announcement and apply here. Overview: -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, October 17 at 2pm: At the American Enterprise Institute, Roger F. Noriega will discuss Elusive Peace in Colombia with Juan Carlos Pinzon... -
Engaging the "Not-Yet-Guilty" in the Fight against Terrorism
Editor's Note: Countering violent extremism (CVE) is a perfect sound bite, a magic wand to solve terrorism before it happens. Yet many programs initiated in the name of CVE are poorly designed, and some ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jack Goldsmith questioned the effectiveness of US cyber deterrence following the official accusations that Russia was behind the DNC hacks. Jack followed up with some additional reactions to the Obama a... -
The International Legal Dynamics of Encryption
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The Next President’s Fight Against Terror
That is the title of a conference Ben and I are participating in next week in D.C. at New America, in conjunction with Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and the McCain Institu... -
Hoover Book Soiree, Reminder: David Priess on "The President's Book of Secrets"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on Thursday, when Jack interviews David Priess about his new book: The President's Book of Secrets: Th... -
How Did Participation in the First World War Help Shape Modern America?
PDF version A review of Michael S. Neiberg's The Path to War: How the First World War Changed America (Oxford University Press 2016). ***
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