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Fault Lines: The Empire Strikes Back or a New Hope?
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Can Tech Companies and Local Governments Mitigate Abuses of Government Secrecy?
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Rational Security: The 'You Get a Pardon and You Get a Pardon!' Edition
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The Statutory Authority for Barr’s Appointment of Durham as Special Counsel
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Van Buren v. United States
The arguments about the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act focused on the statute’s text and purpose—and some interesting hypotheticals. -
Winter 2020 Supplement for 'Bradley, Deeks, & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials'
The Winter 2020 Supplement for Bradley, Deeks, & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials (7th ed. 2020) is now available on Lawfare. -
The Lawfare Podcast: An Assassination in Iran
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How Easy Is it to Build a Robot Assassin?
Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh reportedly may have been assassinated using a remote-controlled machine gun. Such devices are unfortunately easy to construct. -
Department of Justice Investigating Potential Pardon Bribery Scheme
A newly-unsealed court document shows that the Justice Department is investigating a possible scheme involving political contributions in exchange for a presidential pardon. -
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The Lawfare Podcast: Why Businesses Need to Take Espionage Seriously
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The Mistake of Designating the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
The label misunderstands the conflict and would harm Yemeni civilians more than the Houthis themselves. -
ChinaTalk: 5G in the Caribbean, Open Source Tech, CCP Twitter Bots, Chinese TV and Rap
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Come Work With Us—As Our New Research Assistant
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Henry Kissinger and Michael Daniel on How To Be a Cyber Czar
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The National Security Law Podcast: The Blah-to-Coup Ratio is Increasing
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The GSA Delayed Biden’s Transition. Future Presidents-Elect Could Sue to Speed Things Up.
President-elect Joe Biden chose not to go to court. But the Administrative Procedure Act provides tools that a winning candidate could use to force the hand of a reluctant General Services Administration. -
TechTank: Will Telehealth Continue Under the Biden Administration?
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What’s in the Lead Inspector General’s Quarterly Report on Afghanistan?
The inspector general’s quarterly report provides an interesting status update on the conflict in Afghanistan in light of the Trump administration’s expedited drawdown.
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The Prohibition of Annexations and the World on the Brink
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Lawfare Live: Trump's Trials and Tribulations, Aug. 1
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Throwing the Book at Foreign Influence: The Menendez Verdict and Going Beyond FARA
Effectively countering foreign malign influence requires leveraging the full weight of the very institutions such efforts seek to undermine.