Executive Power
Publishing ‘After Trump’
David Priess, Benjamin Wittes Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 12:38 PM
Why we published “After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency,” the latest book by Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith.
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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Birthday Fundraising Drive
Lawfare Turns Ten
Benjamin Wittes Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 11:34 AM
A decade of hard national security choices.
The Russia Connection
The Counterintelligence Gap: An Update
Benjamin Wittes Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 12:49 PM
A footnote in a House Intelligence Committee memo confirms the existence of a significant hole in counterintelligence with respect to L’Affaire Russe.
Congress
A Collusion Reading Diary: What Did the Senate Intelligence Committee Find?
Todd Carney, Samantha Fry, Quinta Jurecic, Jacob Schulz, Tia Sewell, Margaret Taylor, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 4:41 PM
Our summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Congress
Republican Senators Misrepresent Their Own Russia Report
Benjamin Wittes Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 9:21 PM
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s Russia report is a serious piece of work. Too bad its authors are not taking it seriously.
Executive Power
Lawfare’s Publishing a Book: Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith’s “After Trump”
David Priess, Benjamin Wittes Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 12:06 PM
Available for preorder now.
Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights
The Evolution of DHS Intelligence Review Policy
Tia Sewell, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 3:08 PM
New documents shed light on how the intelligence and analysis unit at DHS was unleashed.