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The Lawfare Podcast: Matt Olsen on FISA 702

Matthew Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, gave yesterday a major address at the Brookings…

The Lawfare Podcast: What’s Going On With Scott Perry’s Cell Phone?

There was a big showdown at the D.C. Circuit last week over the Speech or Debate Clause and Representative Scott Perry and his cell phone,…

The Lawfare Podcast: Nicky Woolf and Max Johnston on The Sound

Remember Havana Syndrome? Diplomats, spies, and other people suddenly hearing a loud noise and then having neurological symptoms, sometimes debilitating… Was it a mass panic?…

The Lawfare Podcast: Alina Polyakova on the First Year of the Russia-Ukraine War

It’s the first anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia. To talk about this first year and what comes next, Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin…

Rational Security: The 'Not, Like, the Three Greatest Experts at Podcasting' Edition

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott sat through literally hours of oral arguments to prepare to discuss all the national security developments in the news,…

The Lawfare Podcast: The Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Gonzalez and Taamneh

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a pair of cases concerning to what extent online platforms can…

The Lawfare Podcast: Can the Speech or Debate Clause Shield Mike Pence from a Subpoena?

Special Counsel Jack Smith has issued a subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence as part of the investigation into Trump’s role in instigating the…

The Lawfare Podcast: Chris Inglis

Chris Inglis has had an illustrious career in the defense of this country, serving as an Air Force general, deputy director of the National Security…

The Lawfare Podcast: Gonzalez v. Google and the Fate of Section 230

On February 14, the Brookings Institution hosted an event on the upcoming Supreme Court oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh—two cases…

Rational Security: The 'All Blow’d Up' Edition

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott talked over some of the various natsec stories blowing up headlines, including: “The Truth is Up There…And We Shot…