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Transcript: President Trump's Remarks on Syria Airstrikes
Below is a transcript of President Trump's remarks announcing airstrikes in Syria this evening. The government has also released an assessment of the use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al... -
Documents: Michael Cohen Litigation
Following an FBI raid on his home, hotel room and office, President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen filed for a temporary restraining order from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of... -
The Cycles of Panicked Reactions To Trump
The raid on the office of Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen, the president’s latest tweet-complaints and -
How the Cohen Raids and Trump’s Reactions Edge Us Toward Confrontation
The country is entering a dangerous moment—the moment of actual confrontation between the president of the United States and those who would investigate him. -
The Downsides of Bombing Syria
The U.S. government seems on a set path toward intervening in Syria with military force (probably air strikes of some sort) in response to the recent a chemical weapons attack allegedly sponsored by the ... -
Michael Cohen, Attorney-Client Privilege and the Crime-Fraud Exception
The world is awash in “hot takes” on the news that President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is under criminal investigation. On Monday, the FBI executed a search warrant at his home, his offic... -
‘Why Did You Wait?’: Moral Emptiness and Drone Strikes
Last week, the Washington Post reported a disturbing anecdote about President Trump’s visit to the CIA on his first full day in office: -
Andrew McCarthy's Puzzling Argument, Round 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “Andrew McCarthy's Puzzling Argument” that explained the weakness in Andrew McCarthy’s then-recent argument in the National Review that the Mueller investigation ha... -
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. -
Donald Trump and John Bolton: A Volatile Mix
President Trump and his incoming national security adviser, John Bolton, make for an interesting and volatile mix of ideology, temperament, and ability. Unlike some Lawfare contributors, we don’t know Bo... -
Summary: The Trump Administration’s New Policy on Transgender Servicemembers
On March 23, the Trump administration released a new order restricting the ability of transgender individuals to serve in the military. -
How Congress Should Respond to the White House’s Failures on Syria Transparency
Last week, one of us co-authored a summary of a new report on the legal and policy frameworks for the use of force and other national security operations required by Section 1264 of the National Defense ...
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