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Federal Law Enforcement

The Mueller Report and ‘National Security Investigations and Prosecutions’

David Kris   Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 9:00 AM

When Doug Wilson and I set out to write the first edition of “National Security Investigations and Prosecutions” (NSIP), the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were still recent, George W. Bush was in his first term as president of the United States, Vladimir Putin was in his first term as the leader of Russia, Robert Mueller was director of the FBI and Lawfare was not even a gleam in its founders’ eyes.

Cybersecurity and Deterrence

Analytic Superiority, Public-Private Cooperation and the Future of U.S. Foreign Intelligence

David Kris   Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:18 AM

After years of focusing on counterterrorism, a mainly kinetic threat, the U.S. intelligence community must now adapt to a long-term cyber struggle with nation-state adversaries. This struggle includes election interference and other socio-political disruption, cyber sabotage, theft of secrets, and competition in emerging technologies such as quantum computing and 5G wireless communications. To succeed against these threats, the intelligence community must shift its approach in two related ways.

The Russia Connection

To Understand Mueller’s Work, Focus on Counterintelligence

Nate Jones   Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 12:24 PM

According to Attorney General William Barr, the Mueller team concluded that it “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” Assuming that Barr has not misquoted Special Counsel Robert Mueller—and I am confident he has not—I am not terribly surprised that the investigation produced this result.

Federal Law Enforcement

On What Grounds Can the FBI Investigate the President as a Counterintelligence Threat?

Jack Goldsmith   Sun, Jan 13, 2019, 9:16 AM

The New York Times reported on Jan. 11 that the FBI “began investigating whether President Trump had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests” soon after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. In other words, the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation on the president.

The Russia Connection

Why the FBI’s Investigation Into the President Was Unavoidable

David Kris   Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 7:05 PM

The New York Times has reported that, in the wake of President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, the bureau opened a counterintelligence investigation into the president. At one level, of course, this is not surprising—John Bellinger identified Donald Trump as a potential danger to U.S.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence – A Counterintelligence Perspective: Part IV

Jim Baker   Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 8:36 AM

In my first post in this series, I wrote that one definition of artificial intelligence (AI) is a machine that thinks. But is it? Several people with technical backgrounds in the AI field reached out to me after reading that post. One comment I received that I found striking is that AI is neither A nor I. Instead, it is just computer code. Nothing is thinking; a computer is just following directions. And AI is just inputs to outputs for a goal.

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