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Should the Acting Attorney General Provide FISA Court Orders to White House Counsel?
In his perplexing tweetstorm yesterday, possibly prompted by nothing more than some blend of Mark Levin and Breitbart, President Trump accused former President Obama of wiretapping him in Trump Tower bef... -
Two Cheers for Baghdad
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State is based in Syria and Iraq, and the struggle to fight it crosses borders. However, the two governments of these countries, both rightly maligned and often lumped together... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The Russian Connection continued to generate attention on the Trump administration this week when it emerged that Attorney General Jeff Sessions neglected to tell Congress that he had met with Russian am... -
Event Video: "Cybersecurity in the Trump Administration: What Should We Expect?"
The Hoover Institution has made available video of the event we did at Hoover's DC office with the folks at Intel Security. It was a terrific event, of which we'll be featuring excerpts on this week's La... -
Come Work at Lawfare!
I’m excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for a new Associate Editor at Lawfare. If you have ever thought to yourself, “I want to be Quinta Jurecic when I grow up,” this is your chan... -
The Week That Will Be
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President Trump’s Anti-Secular Foreign Policy?
Editor’s Note: The Trump administration is turning many things on their heads, not least the role religion is playing in society. But what is happening is also shaping U.S. policy overseas. Jacques Berli... -
White House Interference with Justice Department Investigations, Part II: The “Reince, What Are You Doing?” Edition
For the second time this week, we have to analyze the propriety of communications between the White House and elements of the Justice Department. The messiness of the allegations pretty neatly sums up wh... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On President’s Day this week, President Donald picked a widely-praised national security adviser in the person of Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster. -
Name Unmentioned, Trump Still Dominates the Munich Security Conference
Even where speakers took pains to avoid uttering it, the name “Donald Trump” still dominated the 53rd Munich Security Conference this past weekend. -
White House Interference with Justice Department Investigations? That 2009 Holder Memo
Last Saturday, Harry Siegel of the New York Daily News reported that shortly after President Trump signed his immigration executive order, Stephen Miller called the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Tuesday, February 21st at 3:30pm: The Elliot School of International Affairs will host a screening of The Age of Consequences, a film on climate... -
How Local Law Enforcement Uses Community Policing to Combat Terrorism
Editor’s Note: Terrorism is a global problem, but it is also a local one. Individual terrorists, particularly lone wolves, are often linked to their communities in terms of their resentments, ambitions, ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
General Michael T. Flynn was forced to resign this week because of his discussion of U.S. sanctions on Russia with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak—discussions he earlier denied. Th... -
Event Reminder: Cybersecurity in the Trump Administration: What Should We Expect?
In partnership with Hoover Institution in Washington and Intel Security, Lawfare is holding a conference on February 22 regarding what we can expect in cybersecurity in the new administration. Here's the... -
Cybersecurity in the Trump Administration: What Should We Expect?
In partnership with Hoover Institution in Washington and Intel Security, Lawfare is holding on February 22 a conference on what we can expect in cybersecurity in the new administration. Here's the event ... -
Intern with Lawfare!
Lawfare is now accepting applications for our summer internship program! For more details, check out the Brookings Institution's application announcement and apply here. Please submit applications by Mar... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, February 13th at 12:15pm: Ioannis Koskinas, CEO of the Hoplite Group, will speak on Afghanistan: Prospects for 2017 and Beyond at the Ne... -
Why the United States Should Be as Circumspect as the British about the Muslim Brotherhood
Searching for the grey on an issue where few aspects are black or white is advisable if Congress and the administration wish to consider designating the Brotherhood. -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Yes, this week, the Ninth Circuit decided to temporarily leave in place the nationwide injunction on President Trump’s ban on entry to the United States from seven Muslim countries. And, yes, the preside...
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