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Incendiary Balloons: A National Security Lawyer’s Witness to War Crimes
Since the beginning of May 2019, violence has increased between Israel and militants in Gaza. -
Who Will Be the Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on Aug. 15?
Can the president appoint whomever he wishes to serve as acting director of national intelligence (DNI) during the period between the resignation of Dan Coats (effective Aug. 15) and Senate confirmation ... -
Frankenstein at 200
Review of Mary Shelley, “'Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds,’ ed. David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert.” (MIT Press, 2018) *** -
The Lawfare Podcast: Jonna Mendez on 'The Moscow Rules'
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency had a major problem. The streets of Moscow were a virtually impossible operating environment due to heavy KGB surveillance and other operational di... -
Trump’s Three Missteps on Pakistan
Editor’s Note: Pakistan is where good policy options go to die. U.S. administrations have struggled to develop a coherent and effective policy toward Islamabad, trying to coerce and co-opt it, with limit... -
Bipartisan Agreement on Election Security—And a Partisan Fight Anyway
The good news is that national security bipartisanship in Congress lives. The bad news is that the only place it lives is in the pages of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian election inte... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the second episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available o... -
Supreme Court Grants Stay on Wall Injunction
The Supreme Court has granted a stay of an injunction on the Trump administration's construction of a wall along the southern border pursuant to a declaration of national emergency. Justices Ruth Bader G... -
Ninth Circuit Ruling Limits Illegal Entry Prosecutions
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit limited the scope of the government’s ability to prosecute people for illegally crossing the border, holding that only people who cr... -
House Judiciary Committee Asks Court For Grand Jury Material
The House Judiciary Committee has filed an application with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requesting the release of grand jury material redacted from the Mueller report, along with... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The Senate Intelligence Committee issued a report concluding that Russia targeted the election systems of all 50 U.S. states in 2016, the New York Times says. The report will be the first of five volumes... -
The Report, Episode 2: Hack, Dump, Divide
The story of the Russian hacking operation, the stealing of documents and emails from the DNC, DCCC and figures associated with the Clinton campaign, and the leaks of the stolen materials timed to impact...
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