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The Situation: We Agree
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When Misinformation Means the Difference Between Life and Death
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The Situation: What Were House Republicans Thinking?
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Lawfare Daily: Ask Us Anything About 2025
Lawfare contributors answer listener submitted questions. -
Rational Security: The “Inadequate Chicken Moved to Inferior Location” Special End-of-Year Edition
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Military Neutrality Is Fidelity
Fidelity to the Constitution requires officers to protect, not supplant, constitutional institutions. -
Foreign Terrorist Designations Pose Civil Liberties Concerns
Foreign Antifa designations risk enabling surveillance of domestic critics by creating a foreign nexus for expanded counterterrorism powers. -
The Military’s Social Media Purge
Nobody can tell what’s covered by the military’s newest standards for online speech. That’s the point. -
China’s AI Governance Ambitions and Their Implications for Free Expression
China is exporting its AI governance model; democracies must act now or risk letting others define the future of speech. -
The Situation: A Legal Puzzle to Ponder
What if I wanted to project an unflattering image of Kash Patel on the FBI building? -
Algorithmic Optimism, Democratic Reality
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Rational Security: The “Chestbursters Roasting on an Open Fire” Edition
Scott Anderson, Alan Rozenshtein, and Ari Tabatabai talked through the week’s big national security news stories.
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