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Some Implications of President Obama’s Plans to Sidestep Congress on Iranian Sanctions
David Sanger recently reported that the Executive branch thinks it can suspend “the vast majority” of congressional sanctions unilaterally if it reaches a deal with Iran to forestall that nation’s nuclea... -
Sweeping Claims and Casual Legal Analysis in the Latest U.N. Mass Surveillance Report
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Pushing Treaty Limits?
Suppose the United States government helps to negotiate, and subsequently champions, certain framework treaties--ones justly viewed as imposing significant constraints on all signatories. Down the road, ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The US-led coalition fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched new airstrikes in Kobani, a Syrian town along the Syrian-Turkish border. -
Chertoff Ties Visa Waiver Program With Surveillance Tools
In a recent speech at The Heritage Foundation, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff made the case for continuing the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). On the surface, his speech addressed only... -
The Week That Will Be
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Ask Wells: #ComeyCrypto, Our Mysterious Publisher, and Cancelled Hearings
I am stoked to post the first installment of Lawfare’s latest (and perhaps most peculiar) experimental feature: "Ask Wells." The format, as Benjamin Wittes explained earlier, is straightforward. Reader... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: The Arab World’s Foreign Fighter Problem
The Arab world’s foreign fighter problem makes the West’s concerns seem minor. Specific numbers should be treated with suspicion, but the current estimate is that there are roughly 15,000 foreign fighter... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This Thursday, FBI Director James B. Comey gave a speech at the Brookings Institution and was interviewed by our very own Benjamin Wittes. Besides giving a shoutout to Lawfare, which Comey apparently rea... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
According to Military Times, “Air Force drones in Turkey have received the OK to join the fight” against ISIS. -
Another Way to Support Lawfare
Yesterday, I posted an appeal for reader support---one that should make you feel all warm and fuzzy about donating to Lawfare: Here's another way to support Lawfare, one t -
Susan Landau on NSA Efforts to Secure Private Sector Telecommunications Infrastructure
Susan Landau has a new paper – entitled Under the Radar: NSA's Efforts to Secure Private-Sector Telecommunications Infrastructure – up at the Journal of National Security Law and Policy. From the abstra...
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