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What Does the US Government Know About Russia and the DNC Hack?
Potentially unpleasant news for Jim Comey: We need you to intervene in the 2016 election again. -
Public Opinion on National Security: A First Installment
Ben has asked me to keep track of public opinion data related to national security on the benefit of Lawfare readers. There are relatively few polls on national security issues specifically, but questio... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Comey Versus the Committee With No Bull
The confrontation this week between FBI Director James Comey and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would have been a riveting drama-filled showdown over the Clinton email investigation.... -
Comey's Testimony as Precedent
Let me start by saying that I do not dissent from FBI Director James Comey's decision to give the remarkably fulsome account we saw this week of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, both in his lengt... -
James Comey Testifies In Front of House Oversight and Governance Reform Committee
FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the House Oversight and Governance Reform Committee for nearly five hours today. Under scathing and often incredulous questioning by House Republicans, Come... -
Why Comey Did What He Did
At Time.com I speculate about why FBI Director Comey took the unusual step of publicly summarizing the nature and conclusions of the Clinton email investigation, and then announcing the FBI’s recommendat... -
A Moment of Zen: The New York Times Editorial Page Cites Lawfare as an Authority
No, I'm not making that up. -
Jim Comey's Statement on the Clinton Emails: A Quick and Dirty Analysis
The first notable thing in FBI Director Jim Comey's statement on the Clinton email flap is that he issued it at all. Normally, the FBI does not issue reports on its investigative findings separate from J... -
FBI Director Comey's Statement on Hillary Clinton's Use of a Private Email Server
This morning, FBI director James Comey said the FBI is recommending no charges against Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president, for her use of a personal email server whil... -
Republican Leaders Should Repudiate Trump's Most Recent Comments on Waterboarding
On Tuesday, hours after the terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Donald Trump again raised the prospect of waterboarding terror suspects, asking a crowd at Ohio University “What do you think of waterboarding?”... -
Orlando Responses Reflect Not Only the Candidate, but the Electorate
The candidates’ response to the Orlando attack says something deep, not just about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but about the electorate itself. -
Intelligence Planks for a Sturdy National Security Platform
No U.S. presidential race has ever turned on the appeal of the candidate’s promises on intelligence policy. Indeed, many recent party platforms have either ignored altogether or addressed with vague gene...
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