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What Americans Really Think About ISIS
This week, Brookings unveiled a new poll by Nonresident Senior Fellow Shibley Telhami that dives below the"approve/disapprove" numbers to offer a more sophisticated picture of how the American public vie... -
<em>The Intercept</em> Finds an Anonymous Source It Can Trust
For years, Glenn Greenwald has been railing against against mainstream newspapers for, as he put it just the other day, "as usual---corruptly grant[ -
Obstacles Loom for States' Proposed "Fourth Amendment Protection" Laws
Legislators in several states have proposed bills over the past year intended to hamper the NSA’s efforts to collect signals intelligence. In Utah, the site of a large NSA data center, a proposed bill w... -
Federalist Society Podcast on "America In Retreat"
Last week a Lawfare reader brought this item to our attention: Earlier this month, the Federalist Society's International and National Security Law Practice Group hosted a Podcast with The Wall Street J... -
The Onion's Minotaur Video
No news source in any medium captures the CIA interrogation debate more fully than this video from the Onion, which bears reposting this week: -
A Further Thought on the Demise of the New Republic
Jack summed up well my feelings on yesterday's news about the New Republic, and I have only two things to add---one of them institutional and one of them personal. On the institutional side, as readers ... -
On the Sad Collapse of the New Republic [UPDATED]
I’ve read the New Republic since college. And I’ve read book reviews in the “back of the book,” edited by Leon Wieseltier, most devotedly. I have always loved the books he chose and the reviews he edit... -
More on Passport Revocation and Temporary Exclusion: The New Counter-Terrorism Bill in the U.K.
The United Kingdom’s Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, HC Bill 127, had its first reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, November 26. -
Confiscating Passports: Is this a Good Way to Stop Citizens from Joining Jihadists in Syria and Iraq?
Thousands of westerners, including at least 100 Americans and more than 500 Britons, are known to have joined ISIS or the Al Nusra Front in Syria and Iraq. -
Video: President Obama on Resignation of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is Stepping Down "Under Pressure"
Helene Cooper of the New York Times has the scoop today. There is still speculation as to why Hagel is being forced out -- stay tuned for more news. -
End of Forever War Watch, Weekend Edition
Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt report: President Obama decided in recent weeks to authorize a more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned, a move that ensures A...
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