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The Lawfare Podcast: Alex Iftimie on DOJ’s Recent Cyber Disruption Efforts

Over the past two weeks, the Department of Justice has issued two press releases announcing disruption efforts it has taken against malicious cyber actors. One…

Rational Security: The 'Low Down Dirty Shane' Edition

This week, Alan and Scott were joined by co-host emeritus (and Washington Post star reporter) Shane Harris to talk over the week’s news! Including: “Flight…

The Lawfare Podcast: Crack-Up Capitalism with Quinn Slobodian

Think about the world. You might be picturing a globe in a classroom, with its patchwork of multi-colored nations. Or perhaps you have an image…

The Lawfare Podcast: Inside the Capitol Police’s Intelligence Dysfunction

The House’s select committee on Jan. 6 may have wound down its work at the end of December 2022, but questions about why law enforcement,…

The Lawfare Podcast: The Shadow Docket

In recent years, the Supreme Court’s non-merits “shadow docket” has become a topic of contestation and controversy, especially the Court’s emergency orders rulings on issues…

The Lawfare Podcast: The Law of the Sea in the Age of Climate Change

Though the threat of climate change has come sharply into focus in recent decades, humans have long endeavored to shape and reshape the natural world,…

The Lawfare Podcast: Brian Fishman on Violent Extremism and Platform Liability

Earlier this year, Brian Fishman published a fantastic paper with Brookings thinking through how technology platforms grapple with terrorism and extremism, and how any reform…

Rational Security: The 'You Hear That, Mr. Anderson? That Is the Sound of Inevitability. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson' Edition

This week, Scott took a well-deserved vacation, so Alan and Quinta were joined by Lawfare managing editor Tyler McBrien to discuss: “But I thought 42…

The Lawfare Podcast: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin on Regulating Spyware

The term “spyware” refers to software that’s designed to infiltrate, monitor, and extract sensitive information from a user’s device without their knowledge or consent. Perhaps…

The Lawfare Podcast: Ali Breland on Germany’s Neo-Nazi Resurgence

Since 2012, Germany has accepted more refugees than any other country in Europe aside from Turkey. The German government has dispersed these asylum seekers and…