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This Obscure Tax Law May Be Hampering Efforts to Understand Domestic Extremism
In 1998, the IRS was prohibited from designating sovereign citizen nonfilers as “illegal tax protesters.” Two decades later, this provision may now be obscuring a plausible tool for identifying domestic ... -
Are the Jan. 6 Plea Deals Too Lenient?
Misdemeanor plea bargains may seem too lenient in a few cases, but it appears that the government is going to insist on guilty pleas to felony charges in some cases. -
The Week That Will Be
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Navy Engineer Charged With Attempting to Share Nuclear Submarine Secrets
For over a year, Jonathan Toebbe and Diana Toebbe allegedly sold information about the design of nuclear-powered warships to a person they believed to be a representative of a foreign government who turn... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Adam Klein and Benjamin Wittes on FISA
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CFIUS’s Expanding Jurisdiction in the Magnachip Acquisition
The unprecedented intervention by CFIUS in a business transaction between two predominantly foreign companies demonstrates the growing scope in the jurisdiction of the committee. -
Recalibrating U.S. Counterterrorism: Lessons Learned From Spain
Spain's close counterterrorism cooperation with Morocco provides a model for effective international efforts to prevent terrorist attacks. -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
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The Lawfare Podcast: White House Pressure, the Justice Department and the Election
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When Is a State Secret Not a Secret?
In oral argument in United States v. Zubaydah, the court seemed to take seriously the government’s invocation of the state secrets privilege to protect information that seems very much in the public doma... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith on Reforming the Presidency
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The Jan. 6 Investigation Is Ramping Up. Will It Matter?
The House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack has set out to uncover an enormous amount of information with significant obstacles to overcome in the process. With so much to cover in such little time, ... -
Understanding Police Reliance on Private Data
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What Biden’s Top China Theorist Gets Wrong
A review of Rush Doshi, “The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order” (Oxford University Press, 2021). -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
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Lawfare Live: Adam Klein and Benjamin Wittes on FISA Applications
Join us for a discussion on the FISA application process. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Russia Cracks Down on Social Media
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Senate Committee Releases Report on Trump’s Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election
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The Situation: I’m Thankful For, Presidential Power Edition
In scary times for democracy, remember that we still have a lot going for us. -
Divine Madness
A review of Jerome Copulsky, “American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order” (Yale University Press, 2024).