Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
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We’re using FOIA to find out if the intelligence community feels like it’s being pressured to reach certain conclusions—and, if so, how that’s impacting employee morale.
The Justice Department makes an unfathomably bad argument in dismissing the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
A lot of people seem to be expecting Michael Flynn's sudden vindication. They should take a deep breath.
On Thursday, April 30, at 11:00 a.m. ET, join Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes for a discussion with Jack Goldsmith and Andrew Keane Woods on their recent essay on internet speech and surveillance.
Americans are rediscovering the power of federal and state governments to enforce quarantine and isolation in the midst of the pandemic.
The removal of a couple of inspectors general for transparently—and in one case, admittedly—self-interested reasons no longer generates outrage.
It appears that the facts presented in a lot of FISA applications are not reliable.