Skip to main content
Home
Hard National Security Choices
Support Monday, February 13, 2017
Menu
  • Topics
    • AUMF
    • Covert Action
    • Cybersecurity
    • Detention & Guantanamo
    • Drones
    • Homeland Security
    • Interrogation
    • Laws of War
    • Military Commissions
    • Secrecy
    • Surveillance
    • War Powers
    • View All
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Brief Reviews
    • Readings
  • Foreign Policy Essay
  • Aegis
  • Omphalos
  • Privacy Paradox
  • DayZero
  • Special Features
    • The Lawfare Podcast
    • Rational Security
    • The Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast
    • Jihadology Podcast
    • Security By the Book
    • Litigation Documents & Resources Related to Trump Executive Order on Immigration
    • Lawfare Research Paper Series
    • Intelligence Studies Essay
    • Military Commission Coverage
    • Declassified CIA Documents—Studies in Intelligence
    • Snowden Revelations
    • Who is on Board with “Unwilling or Unable”?
  • More
    • Masthead
    • About Lawfare
    • Comments Policy
    • Subscribe to Lawfare
    • The Job Board
    • Calendar

Highlights

  • Donald Trump

    Impulsiveness, Law, and the Immigration Order

    Paul Gewirtz Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 8:00 AM
    The use of TROs to halt enforcement of Trump's immigration EO points to an effort by the courts to avoid the impulsiveness that marred the EO itself.
  • The Russia Connection

    Despite Denials, Michael Flynn Discussed Sanctions on Calls with Russian Ambassador

    Susan Hennessey Thu, Feb 9, 2017, 10:44 PM
    This evening the Washington Post reported that, National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn discussed sanctions during his December phone calls with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Previously both Flynn and the White House had repeated denied the accusation.
  • Secrecy: Leaks Prosecutions

    Harold Thomas Martin III Indicted on Charges of Willful Retention of National Defense Information

    Jane Chong Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 10:25 AM
    See the indictment and press release.
  • Cybersecurity: LOAC-Military

    What to Read: International Relations in Cyber Security

    Tim Maurer, Hannes Ebert Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 2:26 PM
    In an effort to help untangle the dense and complex field of international law in cyberspace, we’ve assembled a curated list of over 150 publications covering cyber security in the context of international relations for the Oxford University Press, available here.  
  • Donald Trump

    Endless War Watch, Winter 2017

    Samuel Moyn Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 11:03 AM
    Samuel Moyn examines where we are in the post-9/11 struggles over America’s national security and surveillance state.

Recently on Lawfare

  • The Ninth Circuit’s Contrived Comedy of Errors in Washington v. Trump: Part I

    Josh Blackman Feb 13, 2017
  • Cybersecurity in the Trump Administration: What Should We Expect?

    Benjamin Wittes Feb 13, 2017
  • What Happens When States No Longer Govern?

    Shane Reeves Feb 13, 2017
  • Intern with Lawfare!

    Quinta Jurecic Feb 13, 2017
  • The Week That Will Be

    Jordan Brunner Feb 13, 2017
  • Why the United States Should Be as Circumspect as the British about the Muslim Brotherhood

    Lorenzo Vidino Feb 12, 2017
  • Paying for the Wall

    Paul Rosenzweig Feb 11, 2017
  • Trump Administration Deposits SSCI Report with District Court

    Quinta Jurecic Feb 11, 2017
  • The Lawfare Podcast: Norm Eisen on the Emoluments Clause

    Quinta Jurecic Feb 11, 2017
  • Privacy Today Edition

    Paul Rosenzweig Feb 11, 2017
  • The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

    Jordan Brunner Feb 11, 2017
View All

Latest News

  • Today's Headlines and Commentary

    Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 2:05 PM
    North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea early on Sunday in the first such test since Trump became president, Reuters informs us. An official said that the Trump administration had been expecting a North Korean “provocation” soon after taking office and will consider a full range of options in response, with the goal of avoiding escalation. The...

Podcasts

  • The Lawfare Podcast: Norm Eisen on the Emoluments Clause

    Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 1:30 PM
  • Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Thigh-High Boots and Defense Dominance

    Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 5:17 PM
  • Rational Security: The "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" Edition

    Thu, Feb 9, 2017, 7:26 AM

Subscribe to Lawfare

Email • RSS • Kindle

Published by the Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With
Brookings

Support Lawfare

Donald Trump

View All
  • Donald Trump

    Endless War Watch, Winter 2017

    Samuel Moyn Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 11:03 AM
  • Donald Trump

    Impulsiveness, Law, and the Immigration Order

    Paul Gewirtz Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 8:00 AM
  • Donald Trump

    Thoughts on a Strange Day—and a Very Strange Presidential Tweet

    Benjamin Wittes Fri, Feb 10, 2017, 9:35 PM
  • Donald Trump

    The Ninth Circuit on the Refugee EO: The Government’s Least Bad Option

    Peter Margulies Fri, Feb 10, 2017, 4:14 PM

Immigration

  • Impulsiveness, Law, and the Immigration Order

    Paul Gewirtz Feb 13, 2017
  • The Ninth Circuit on the Refugee EO: The Government’s Least Bad Option

    Peter Margulies Feb 10, 2017
  • Congress's Role in the Debate over Trump's Executive Order

    Jessica Brandt Feb 10, 2017
  • How to Read (and How Not to Read) Today’s 9th Circuit Opinion

    Benjamin Wittes Feb 9, 2017
  • 9th Circuit Denies Stay of Temporary Restraining Order in Trump Travel Ban Case

    Quinta Jurecic Feb 9, 2017
View All

Cybersecurity

  • Cybersecurity in the Trump Administration: What Should We Expect?

    Benjamin Wittes Feb 13, 2017
  • Revised Draft Trump EO on Cybersecurity

    Paul Rosenzweig Feb 9, 2017
  • The Dangers of Walling Off America

    Lisa Monaco Feb 6, 2017
  • What Does Russian Hacking of the U.S. Election Mean for the Rest of the World?

    Arun Mohan Sukumar Feb 1, 2017
  • Russia (?) Hacks the Czech Republic

    Paul Rosenzweig Feb 1, 2017
View All

Privacy

  • What the “Interior Security” Executive Order does to Foreigners’ Privacy Rights

    Stewart Baker, Zachary Schreiber Feb 3, 2017
  • The Economic Case for Preserving PPD-28 and Privacy Shield

    Cameron Kerry, Alan Charles Raul Jan 17, 2017
  • Why the EU Has Issued Relatively Few Data Protection Adequacy Determinations? A Reply

    Robert Carolina Jan 13, 2017
  • Empirical Data on the Privacy Paradox

    Benjamin Wittes, Emma Kohse Jan 13, 2017
  • The Privacy Paradox II: An Event at Brookings on Friday

    Benjamin Wittes Jan 10, 2017
View All

Trending on Lawfare

  1. Barking up the Wrong Tree: How Not to Save the British Armed Forces from Legal Defeat

  2. Drone Strike Errors and the Hostage Tragedy: Mapping the Issues in the Newly-Catalyzed Debate?

  3. SEAL Team 6 in the Spotlight: Takeaways from the Times' Article

  4. Potential Implications of CENTCOM’s MSF Investigation on the ICC’s Preliminary Examination of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan

  5. Folk Law and Obama Administration Mythology: Four Stakes

View All

Explore

View all Topics
  • Asia Pacific
  • Book Reviews
  • Brief Reviews
  • Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights
  • Covert Action
  • Targeted Killing
  • Bits and Bytes
  • Cybersecurity
  • Drones
  • International Governance
  • Detention & Guantanamo
  • Interrogation
  • Foreign Policy Essay
  • Homeland Security
  • International Law
  • ISIS
  • Terrorism Trials & Investigations
  • FISA
  • Surveillance
  • AUMF
  • Al Qaeda
  • War Powers
  • Military Commissions
  • The Meaning of Lawfare
  • Iran
  • Middle East Ticker
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Media Criticism
  • Podcasts
  • Rational Security
  • Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast
  • Russia and Eastern Europe
  • Secrecy & Leaks
  • Appointments, Confirmations & Budgets
  • Politics & National Security
  • Readings
Home
Hard National Security Choices
  • About Lawfare
  • Masthead
  • Comments Policy
  • Job Board
  • Upcoming Events
  • Subscribe
  • Support Lawfare
Published by the Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With
Brookings

© 2017 The Lawfare Institute