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Privacy, Consent, and National Security After the 23andMe Bankruptcy
The sale of 23andMe’s DNA database underscores the need to ban the transaction of Americans’ genetic data as a corporate asset. -
How Appropriations Are Transforming the Defense Department’s Domestic Operations
Congress and the Trump administration are using appropriations law to entrench the Defense Department’s roles in migrant detention and immigration enforcement. -
Lawfare Daily: The End of USAID, with Nicholas Kristof
Discussing the global impact of the Trump administration's dismantling of the USAID. -
The Situation: No, Don’t Release the Epstein Files
I have a better idea. -
Partners or Provocateurs? Private-Sector Involvement in Offensive Cyber Operations
A structured framework to evaluate the risks and benefits of authorizing private companies to “hack back.” -
The Cybersecurity Patchwork Quilt Remains Incomplete
Trump’s first executive order on cybersecurity embraced more Biden initiatives than it overturned, but still misses the mark—accountability. -
Rational Security: The “Altered State” Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, and Eric Ciaramella talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
ChinaTalk: Xi Zhongxun: The Party’s Interests Come First
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Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, July 18
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
Evaluating Congressional Sentiment Toward the Iran Strike
Media commentary suggested that President Trump’s June airstrikes overrode broad congressional opposition. The truth is more nuanced. -
U.S. Court of Appeals Allows Withdrawal from 9/11 Pleas
The decision overturns two lower courts’ opinions ruling that the Defense Secretary could not lawfully back out of plea agreements that had previously been approved. -
Lawfare Daily: Reparations for Russia's Aggression Against Ukraine with Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi and Patrick Pearsall
Discussing Ukraine's reparations strategy.
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