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A Hard Transparency Choice: What is WikiLeaks?
I’ve written on Lawfare about the intelligence community’s transparency plan and have previously outlined a framework for how we might think about transparency efforts. -
A Preview of Oral Argument in Doe v. Mattis
On Thursday, April 5, the D.C. -
Drug and Migrant Smuggling Across the US-Mexico Border: An Interview With Natalia Mendoza
When it comes to policy issues at the center of the U.S.-Mexico relationship, drug trafficking and migrant smuggling are near the top of the list. Yet while President Trump is happy to make off-the-cuff ... -
Streamlining Congressional Oversight of DHS
Since the Department of Homeland Security was formed in 2002, one singular feature has been the proliferation of congressional oversight. Estimates vary, but at last count well more than 100 different su... -
What Went Wrong With ‘What Went Wrong at the FBI’
You may be forgiven for having missed Thomas Baker op-ed, “What Went Wrong at the FBI,” published in the Wall Street Journal on March 19. Eminently forgettable in its own right, the piece is worth noting... -
‘What Mueller Knows’: Ensuring a Special Counsel Report in the Worst-Case Scenario
Even as President Trump has escalated his attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the congressional leadership has spurned movement on proposed legislation to protect the investigation. Republicans ha... -
Taking the Mueller Protection Bills Seriously: A Response
Last Monday, I wrote a lengthy post about why Congress should pass the pending, bipartisan bills to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired without good cause—and why the proffered consti... -
Sanctions Are Congress’s Path Back to Foreign Policy Relevance
On March 15, the Treasury Department issued its first sanctions under a sweeping law signed by President Trump last August. The department both reiterated previous U.S. sanctions against two Russian inte... -
We Need Special Court Procedure for the Removal of Special Counsels
As President Trump intensifies his attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, his critics intensify their calls on Congress to legislate statutory removal protections limiting the president’s and Justice... -
The Newest Round of Russian Sanctions: Much Ado About Very Little
On March 15, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned five Russian entities and nineteen individuals for “malign” cyber activity, “including their attempted interferen... -
Documents: New Trump Administration Policy on Transgender Servicemembers
On March 23, President Trump announced a new policy limiting the ability of transgender people to serve in the U.S. military, based on a recommendation prepared by Defense Secretary James Mattis. Trump's... -
Don't Expect a Starr-Like Report from Mueller
Benjamin Wittes and Quinta Jurecic have usefully reviewed the models that Special Counsel Robert Mueller might draw on deciding whether and how to tell the world what he learned in his investigation of t...
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