Middle East and North Africa
Imagining a Federalist Israel: Notes Toward a Disruptive Fantasy
Benjamin Wittes Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 8:33 AM
The second essay in a series on federalist governance in the Middle East.
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 and is co-chair of the Hoover Institution's Working Group on National Security, Technology, and Law.
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Executive Power
An Old OLC Opinion on Whether the President Can Be Subpoenaed
Benjamin Wittes Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 7:56 AM
A little-noticed Watergate-era opinion addresses “Presidential Amenability to Judicial Subpoenas.”
The Russia Connection
Peter Smith’s Search for Hillary Clinton’s Emails: The Subplot Thickens
Victoria Clark, Matthew Kahn, Mikhaila R. Fogel, Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 7:40 PM
How a Republican operative’s efforts to find 33,000 emails may have intersected with Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election.
Politics & National Security
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: July 2018
Mieke Eoyang, Ben Freeman, Ryan Pougiales, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 2:13 PM
Our latest data on which institutions the public trusts and mistrusts to protect the country’s security.
Donald Trump
Seven Theories of the Case, Updated: One Year Later, What More Do We Know About L’Affaire Russe?
Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 11:52 AM
In May 2017, we laid out seven theories that might account for the facts of the Russia Connection. While the spectrum of possibility remains vast, the more innocent explanations have clearly been ruled out.
Donald Trump
The Justice Department Finds 'No Responsive Records' to Support a Trump Speech
Benjamin Wittes Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 1:55 PM
It isn’t every day that the Department of Justice acknowledges formally that the president of the United States lied in a speech to Congress. But that’s how I read a letter I received a few days ago from the department.
Federal Law Enforcement
The Latest Russia Twist: Criminal Charges Against Mariia Butina
Victoria Clark, Mikhaila R. Fogel, Matthew Kahn, Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 8:56 PM
The Justice Department’s National Security Division, not the special counsel, unveils a potentially new front in Russian election interference.