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COVID-19 Apps Are Terrible—They Didn't Have to Be
COVID-19 apps in the United States have been ineffective as public health tools because they are designed primarily to protect privacy. Poor design choices, effectively mandated by Google and Apple, were... -
Qualified Immunity and the Plea for Accountability
Lawmakers focused on revamping civil rights litigation must be as focused on remedies law as they are on privileges and immunities if they hope to accomplish transformational change. -
Why Schrems II Might Not Be a Problem for EU-U.S. Data Transfers
Nearly all U.S. companies should have no difficulty showing that U.S. surveillance authorities at issue will not interfere with their ability to comply with standard contractual clauses. -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
Lawfare Live: U.S. Cyber Strategy and the SolarWinds Breach
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Afghanistan Will Be the Biden Administration’s First Foreign Policy Crisis
Four recommendations for the new administration to bolster the Afghan government and security forces. -
Ending the “Dual-Hat” Arrangement for NSA and Cyber Command?
Are big changes afoot at Cyber Command? What are the relevant legal constraints? -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion. -
What’s Next for the Western Sahara Conflict?
Recent U.S. recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara territory grants Morocco a significant diplomatic win, albeit one with an uncertain future, and opens a new and unpredict... -
Why the Flynn Pardon Matters
It is a harbinger of things to come, and it completes a disturbing fact pattern in which the president used his office’s powers to obstruct justice. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Jasmine El-Gamal on What She Lost and Found at Guantanamo
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The Strategic Implications of SolarWinds
The infiltration by Russia emphasizes the importance of implementing the layered deterrence strategy recommended by the U.S. Cyber Solarium Commission. -
ChinaTalk: America's New Tools of Coercion
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The SolarWinds Breach Is a Failure of U.S. Cyber Strategy
The breach underscores the importance of integrating defend forward into a broader national cybersecurity strategy. -
Federal Grand Jury Charges Six in Plot to Kidnap Gov. Whitmer
If convicted, the men face up to life in prison. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion. -
The Lawfare Podcast: No One Expects the Spanish Disinformation
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Technical Difficulties of Contact Tracing
Inherent technical limitations mean that contact-tracing apps, at best, play a relatively small public health role and, at worst, risk doing more harm than good. -
Document: Joint Intelligence Community Statement on the SolarWinds Orion Cyber Incident
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How Biden Can Take the High Road on Misinformation
Biden should look to the idea of a systemic duty of care, which says that the platforms are dependent on their users’ social connections and, thus, are obliged to reduce online harms to those users.
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The Week That Was
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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).