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Announcing the Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship
I am very pleased to share this news: An annual prize for outstanding national security law scholarship has been established in the name of our colleague Mike Lewis, who passed away in 2015. -
The Week That Will Be
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
North Korea tested its most power nuclear weapon to date on Sunday, the New York Times reported. Although experts questioned North Korea’s claim that it had set off a hydrogen bomb, the blast produced a ... -
A Wonk's Dilemma
This piece is part of a series on Tim Edgar's new book, "Beyond Snowden." -
Transparency as Voyeurism
This piece is part of a series on Tim Edgar's new book, "Beyond Snowden." Tim Edgar’s new book, "Beyond Snowden," prompts a number of reflections. One virtue of a book like this by a knowledgeable insid... -
A Mini-Symposium on "Beyond Snowden"
I am honored that Lawfare is using my new book, "Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance and the Struggle to Reform the NSA" as the starting point for a conversation on the future of surveillance refo... -
Jennifer Newstead Nominated to Be State Department Legal Adviser
On Friday evening, the President nominated Jennifer Newstead to be the next Legal Adviser of the State Department. -
Protecting Electoral Infrastructure–Klobuchar/Graham and the NDAA
Our electoral infrastructure consists of two distinct pieces (or so it seems to me): a broader public context in which elections occur and a narrower system of election management. To date, almost everyt... -
Iran Still Complying with Nuclear Deal, Rebel Coalition in Yemen Bends but Doesn’t Break, U.S. and Hezbollah Fight over Islamic State in Syria
IAEA Verifies Iran’s Compliance with Nuclear Deal -
The Power to Wage War is the Power to Wage War Successfully: A Centennial Essay
One hundred years ago today—on September 5, 1917—Charles Evans Hughes famously argued that “the power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.” In a recent Columbia Law Review article, I detail... -
How to Read a News Story About an Investigation: Eight Tips on Who Is Saying What
Over the past few months, I’ve been consistently surprised at the assumptions people make about who is leaking—or lawfully and properly disclosing—material to newspapers that have been breaking stories o... -
International Terrorism Prosecutions: Spring and Summer Wrap-Up
Since President Trump fired Jim Comey as FBI director, the FBI has received quite a bit of attention. More than 19.5 million people tuned in to watch former director Comey testify before the Senate Intel...
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