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Another Problem with the Constitutional Argument Against the Indictment of a President
The argument against the indictment of the president rests on a 2000 Office of Legal -
The Week That Will Be
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'I Hope This Is an Instance of Fake News': FBI Messages Show the Bureau's Real Reaction to Trump Firing James Comey
When President Trump fired James Comey as FBI director last May, the special agent in charge of the Detroit field office, David Gelios, wrote an email to his staff: -
Is President Trump Enabling the Islamic State’s Power of Persuasion?
Editor’s Note: Terrorists' use of the Internet in all its forms remains an important source of their power and influence. Michael Smith, an analyst focusing on jihadist influence operations, calls for a ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes argued that efforts by President Trump and Rep. Devin Nunes to discredit Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threaten the independence of and public trust in federal law enforcement. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Special Edition: Memo #Released
On Friday, Rep. Devin Nunes, the House intelligence committee chairman, released a controversial and long-awaited memo alleging surveillance abuses by the Justice Department and FBI against Carter Page, ... -
The National Security Law Podcast: About that #Mehmo (Special Edition on the Nunes Memo Release)
President Trump has declassified the Nunes Memo and it now is available to the public. Your hosts–Professors Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck–give it a deep-dive review here in a special-edition podcast... -
Document: Nuclear Posture Review 2018
The Secretary of Defense has released the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review. The full document is below: -
Document: Nunes Memo
The House intelligence committee majority staff released a memo on alleged intelligence abuses on Friday. The full memo is below. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today’s news post is shorter than usual. Our normal coverage will resume on Monday. The president will not block the publication of a controversial memo alleging intelligence abuses within federal law ... -
Trust in Institutions and What it Means for the Russia Investigation: Take II
Last summer, I wrote about an NBC News/WSJ poll that found barely half of Americans believe that the Russian government attempted to influence the 2016 election. -
Trump's New Syria Strategy is Woefully Unrealistic
On January 17, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson laid out the Trump administration’s Syria strategy for the first time at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute. Tillerson’s speech cleared up much of the ...
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