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As Bobby Chesney recently discussed, President Trump on Aug. 15 reportedly substituted a new classified order for a classified Obama-era presidential directive governing the interagency review and decisi...
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Are high crimes cumulative? This is not a question that either Congress or scholars have had much reason to consider, but President Trump’s failings have made it relevant. Moreover, the answer to that qu...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral argument on Monday in United States v. Hasbajrami, which challenges the constitutionality of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillan...
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We are back this week with a new “deep dive” episode, this time focused on the issues raised by the U.S. government’s use of lethal force against Anwar al-Awlaki–a U.S. citizen who became a key figure as...
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This edition of The Lawfare Podcast grows out of an email exchange between David Kris and Jack Goldsmith over a draft article Jack had written about John Brennan and other intelligence community former l...
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A U.N. report accuses Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of committing or enabling numerous war crimes in Yemen, according to the New York Times. The report also noted that numerous crimes have be...
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Review of Craig Forcese, Destroying the Caroline: The Frontier Raid that Reshaped the Right to War (Irwin Law, 2018)
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President Trump recently nominated Travis LeBlanc and Aditya Bamzai as members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), placing a full set of five nominees before the Senate and creati...
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Iran Looks to International Court and European Leaders for Help on Sanctions
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Since 2014, the IDF has been conducting investigations into incidents that took place in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge (July-August 2014) and raised concerns about Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) co...
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The U.N.’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar announced Monday that the commander of Myanmar’s army and other top generals should face charges of genocide against Rohingya Muslims ...
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This post is the third in a multipart series. For an introduction to the surveys being discussed and the methodology that the authors employed, read their first post here.
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
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The White House’s announcement of the intended nominations of Travis LeBlanc and Aditya Bamzai to be members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is a welcome development for this l...
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Editor’s Note: As the United States struggles to contain a rising China—a top priority under any administration—many strategists look to India. They hope that close U.S. relations with New Delhi and Indi...
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Bob Mueller and the president's legal team are engaged in an extended negotiation over whether the president will sit for an interview with the Mueller team. As it turns out, there are three people in th...
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On Friday, August 17, the Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of George Papadopoulos, who pled guilty to lying to the FBI. Quinta Jurecic posted the memoran...
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David Pecker, the CEO of the publisher of the National Enquirer, reached an immunity deal with prosecutors in the investigation into possible campaign finance violations surrounding the Trump campaign, a...
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Cyber warriors in the United States are preparing for a digital Cold War, deterring cyberattacks against specific critical infrastructure—when what is most urgently needed is a counterinsurgency (an “e-s...
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The president’s former attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to several federal criminal violations, including making certain unlawful campaign contributions. The case was brought by the United S...