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Our Non-Unitary Executive
The Trump Presidency is a strange combination of menacing and impotent. It is also fractured internally like no presidency in American history. -
If the Attorney General Is Fired, Who Acts as Attorney General?
Although Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reportedly expressed no inclination to resign, President Donald Trump’s evident and quite public “disappointment” over Sessions’s (clearly correct) decision to... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Bob Bauer examined President Trump’s public beratement of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his apparent misunderstanding of his relationship with the Justice Department. Jack Goldsmith discussed how th... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Jim Baker and Carl Ghattas on Section 702
On December 31, 2017, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act will sunset. While U.S. officials insist that the provision authorizes critical intelligence gathering, it remains an open question whether Co... -
Hacking, Fate-Sharing and Going Dark
It is with deliberate contempt that I describe vendors of “lawful” interception malcode such as Hacking Team, FinFisher, and NSO group as ascribing to the “Wehrner von Braun School of Rocketry”. They st... -
What They've Said About Russian Election Interference
We made a little video. No commentary. No opinions. No nothing—except recent senior intelligence and administration officials answering questions about what they believe about the Russian election inte... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
North Korea has launched a missile that landed within 200 nautical miles of Japan, according to The Washington Post. The Pentagon confirmed that it detected a missile launch around 10:45 a.m. EST. Japane... -
Why Transgender Service Members Will Win in Court
In a three-tweet policy announcement Wednesday morning, President Trump promised to institute a ban on transgender service-members. The president claimed that the reason for this change was the need to “... -
Evidence-Based Keys to a Stable Post-Caliphate Iraq
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. Now that Mosul is back under coalition control, policymakers from D.C. to Baghdad must focus anew on building a lasting and durable peace in Iraq. -
Water Wars: Jockeying for Black Gold in the South China Sea
China leverages its growing military presence, threatening Vietnam and building ties with the Philippines Photo: Svetl. Tebenkova -
The Dual-Use Dilemma in China’s New AI Plan: Leveraging Foreign Innovation Resources and Military-Civil Fusion
On July 20, China’s State Council issued the “New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan” (新一代人工智能发展规划), which articulates an ambitious, three-step agenda for China to lead the world in AI. ... -
What You See Is What You Get: Revisions to Our Paper on Estimating Vulnerability Rediscovery
We recently published a paper on the rediscovery of software vulnerabilities. This was the final version of a paper that had been in the works since September, peer-reviewed by the WEIS community during ...
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