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Benjamin Wittes
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Introducing a New Podcast: Lawfare No Bull
Since early in the Trump administration, the Lawfare Podcast has run an occasional series we call the “No Bull” podcasts. These are typically the raw…
Welcoming Natalie Orpett
It is a great pleasure to announce Lawfare’s new executive editor, Natalie Orpett. As readers know, the last few months have been ones of transition…
On the Sliming of Susan Hennessey
I have made a point of staying quiet as the Trumpist right has gone after Lawfare’s former executive editor, Susan Hennessey, following her appointment to…
What the Oversight Board Should Do With Trump
Tomorrow morning, May 5, the Oversight Board will issue its opinion in the case of Facebook’s indefinite suspension of Donald Trump in the wake of…
Announcing the ‘After Trump’ Podcast
Today we are releasing the first episode in a podcast series of which I am deeply proud. It’s called “After Trump” and it’s based on…
Time for Answers About Those Intelligence Reports DHS Filed About Me
It was about six months ago that I awoke one morning to a text from Shane Harris of the Washington Post telling me to call…
Republican Senators Question Merrick Garland: Missives From an Alternative Universe
The confirmation testimony of Judge Merrick Garland Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee was blessedly lacking in drama. With one quasi-exception discussed below, it lacked…
Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: The Soleimani Strike and Its Fallout
The American drone strike last night that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, is a seismic event in U.S.-Iranian relations—and for…
Remember Lawfare in Your End-of-Year Giving
It has been another big year for Lawfare—one that has seen wider and deeper coverage of many issues both on our podcasts and on the…
Ask Lawfare: A Special Year-End Edition of the Lawfare Podcast
It’s the end of a very busy year. And we suspect that people have questions. So this week on the Lawfare Podcast, we will have…