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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Secret Service has intercepted suspicious packages potentially containing explosive devices addressed to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, and CNN’s offices in... -
Government Shifts its Rationale for Holding Al-Afghani at Guantanamo
The United States has held Asadullah Haroon Gul, also known as al-Afghani, at Guantanamo Bay for 11 years. In an Oct. 10 court filing, as part of litigation arising out of al-Afghani’s 2016 petition for ... -
Document: Affidavit and Criminal Complaint Over Charlottesville Violence
On Oct. 23, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California unsealed an affidavit and criminal complaint against Robert Paul Rundo, the founder of the white supremacist group Rise Above Mo... -
Fixing Social Media’s Grand Bargain
To regulate social media in the twenty-first century, we should focus on its political economy: the nature of digital capitalism and how we pay for the digital public sphere we have. Our digital public s... -
Canada’s Foreign Fighter Problem is No Surprise
Over the past week, Global News Canada has released a series of reports from Syria detailing the detention of Muhammed Ali (aka Abu Turaab Al-Kanadi), a high-profile Canadian Islamic State (ISIS) member,... -
How the Supreme Court Should Decide Jam v. International Finance Corp.
The Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments in Jam v. International Finance Corp. The case, which will be argued on October 31, 2018, raises an important threshold question about the immunity of inte... -
A Deepening U.S.-China Cybersecurity Dilemma
In Lawfare on Oct. 19, Chinese cybersecurity analyst Lyu Jinghua (吕晶华) offered a thoughtful critique of the 2018 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy, an unclassified seven-page summary of which was rele... -
The Bombs in the Mail: What We Know
UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested and is in FBI custody. The full criminal complaint is available here. -
The Lawfare Podcast: András Pap on Viktor Orbán and the Decline of Hungarian Democracy
Last week while traveling in the United Kingdom, Benjamin Wittes met up with András Pap, a Hungarian scholar of constitutional law. Pap is a professor with Central European University’s Nationalist Studi... -
Water Wars: Pence Accuses China of Domestic Interference and Warships Have Close-Call in South China Sea
In a speech delivered on Oct. 4, Vice President Mike Pence escalated the Trump administration’s rhetoric against China. At the Hudson Institute, Pence warned that Beijing represents the greatest strategi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The United States Cyber Command is engaging in its first cyber-operation against Russia with the goal of protecting U.S. elections, reports the New York Times. Cyber Command is reportedly targeting indiv... -
Saudi Arabia Under Political Pressure after Pushing False Narrative on Khashoggi’s Death, New Scrutiny on Draconian Policies on Dissent, Jordan Ends Lease Agreement with Israel
Saudi Arabia’s Presents Unconvincing Cover Story as Countries Weigh Implications of Khashoggi’s Murder
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