Charlie Savage

Charlie Savage is a Washington correspondent for the New York Times and has been covering post-9/11 legal-policy issues since 2003. He is the author of the books "Power Wars: Inside Obama's Post-9/11 Presidency" and "Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy." He was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.

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Executive Power

What Has Changed in the New, "Definitive" Power Wars

Charlie Savage Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 6:00 AM

Today, Hachette is publishing the paperback edition of my history of Obama-era national-security legal policymaking, Power Wars, which is also replacing the text future e-book buyers will receive. I have systematically updated and revised the book since its hardcover publication in November 2015.

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International Law

The Obama Legal Team and the Lawfulness of Attacking Assad

Charlie Savage Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 2:31 PM

Editor's Note: This piece also appears on the Power Wars blog and Just Security.

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