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The Lawfare Podcast: Jim Baker on FISA Errors
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Fifty-Seven Years Later: America’s Worst Nuclear Submarine Disaster
Much of the information about the loss of the USS Thresher and the Navy’s subsequent investigation has remained outside of public view. That may change this year. -
D.C. Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Former Judge in 9/11 Military Commission
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As the Coronavirus Ravages the United States, a Fragile Truce Between Beijing and Washington Takes Hold
Lawfare's biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news. -
Looking Beyond Contact Tracing to Stop the Spread
The novel coronavirus presents unique challenges. "Contact tracing” may not work. But other uses of cellphone data tracking could play some role in mitigating the virus’s spread. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
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The Lawfare Podcast: Kate Klonick and Alina Polyakova on Pandemics, Platform Governance and Geopolitics
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Time to Get a Handle on America’s Conduct of Proxy Warfare
In the past decade, proxy warfare has become a major challenge to global stability. What are the gaps in the current toolkit to regulate proxy wars? -
The National Security Law Podcast: The Penn Is Mightier Than the Sword!
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Could COVID-19 Upend International Asylum Norms?
Countries have tightened borders and halted refugee resettlement in response to COVID-19. But these moves occur against the backdrop of worldwide hostility to migrants and refugees. -
Rational Security: The 'Ready, Aim, Fire Everyone!' Edition
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The Lawfare Podcast: China, Technology and Global Supply Chains with the Cyberspace Solarium Commission
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Three Cheers for Paper Hearings
Two Senate committees have adopted a paper hearing format to continue holding oversight hearings while maintaining social distancing. -
What Happens If the Trump Administration Designates Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organizations?
The move would allow the president to implement several criminal and financial penalties against those groups and their members—but the measures will not necessarily help the federal government combat th... -
German Military Cyber Operations are in a Legal Gray Zone
In 2016, Germany created its military cyber command. But legal restrictions could ultimately decrease its flexibility and operational effectiveness. -
Why Is Trump’s Inspector General Purge Not a National Scandal?
The removal of a couple of inspectors general for transparently—and in one case, admittedly—self-interested reasons no longer generates outrage. -
Water Wars: Coronavirus Spreads Risk of Conflict Around the South China Sea
As the coronavirus upends military operations across the Indo-Pacific, naval powers commit to costly signaling on Taiwan and the South China Sea. -
The Bomb Still Ticks
A review of Fred Kaplan, “The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War” (Simon & Schuster, 2020). -
Disease Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
With the right safeguards, aggressive disease surveillance is likely permissible under the Fourth Amendment.
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The Strategic Disclosure of Intelligence Requires Stronger Guardrails
Stronger safeguards are needed to separate intelligence from policy and buttress intelligence community objectivity. -
Rational Security: The “Big Worm Energy” Edition
This week, Alan Rozenshtein and Quinta Jurecic were joined by Kevin Frazier to talk through some of the week’s biggest national security news. -
Livestream: President Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on the Release of American Detainees from Russia
Among those returned to the United States include Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and more.