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Did the President’s Tweets Lead Prosecutors to Seek the Death Penalty for Sayfullo Saipov?
Much has been written, on Lawfare and elsewhere, about the dangers of presidential interference with the Justice Department and, in particular, the special counsel’s investigation. -
Documents: Statement of Offense and Plea Agreement for James Wolfe
In June, a grand jury in the District of Columbia indicted former Senate intelligence committee security director James Wolfe on three counts of making false statements to federal investigators. On Monda... -
Summary: Justice Department Policy on ‘Disclosure of Foreign Influence Operations’
On Sept. 25, the Justice Department announced a new policy on “Disclosure of Foreign Influence Operations” as part of an update of the U.S. -
At Oral Argument, Supreme Court Weighs Immigrant Detention
Mandatory immigration detention is an exception to the rule that confinement requires an individualized showing of flight risk or dangerousness. In 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit n... -
Jaworski Road Map to be Mostly Unsealed
One month ago, the three of us filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for the release of the so-called “Watergate Road Map”—one of the last great still-secret Watergate ... -
Document: Pretrial Hearings to Resume in Al-Nashiri Case, CMCR Rules
The Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) has ruled on former Military Judge Col. Vance Spath's decision to hold proceedings in the al-Nashiri military commissions case in abatement, reversing the j... -
Archibald Cox’s Secret Proposal
In a confidential letter following the Saturday Night Massacre, Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox made a remarkable proposal—a vision for a sort of Monday Afternoon Resurrection. Cox’s letter, discovered ... -
The National Cyber Strategy and Legal Reform
The White House recently released its National Cyber Strategy, and lawyers and privacy advocates alike should pay careful attention to its “priority actions” related to surveillance and criminal law refo... -
Bloomberg's Groundbreaking Report on a Chinese Supply-Chain Attack
As many readers know, supply chain security has been an increasing concern for those who use information technology for critical functions—that is, it affects everyone. -
Takeaways From the Latest Russian Hacking Indictment
The Justice Department announced on Oct. 5 the indictment of seven officers of the Russian Military Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, on charges of computer hacking, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft... -
The China SuperMicro Hack: About That Bloomberg Report
According to Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley in Bloomberg Businessweek, China has recently engaged in bulk supply-chain sabotage, corrupting thousands of servers on computers that end up in the server... -
Document: Oral Argument Date Set for Guantanamo Detainee al-Baluchi
Ammar al-Baluchi is one of five Guantanamo detainees accused of planning the 9/11 attacks. In March, his counsel filed a motion for a permanent injunction with respect to unlawful trial by a capital mili...
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