18+ hour, 32+ min ago  (900+ words) Lawfare For the Union, Andersonville became synonymous with squalor, cruelty, and death, and after the war a U. S. military commission sentenced its erstwhile commandant, the Swiss-born Capt. Henry Wirz, to hang for war crimes. His trial before a U. S. military commission in…...

19+ hour, 50+ min ago  (1317+ words) This week, the Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies issued a call-to-action, warning that AI is accelerating "the speed, scale, and sophistication of cyber threats." The thinking behind the call-to-action is clear, here. The Five Eyes believe it is no longer possible…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (137+ words) On Friday, June 26 at 4 pm ET, Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett will sit down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Roberts, Eric Columbus, and Roger Parloff to discuss the Supreme Court's decisions allowing Trump's cancellation of TPS for Haitians and Syrians,…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1245+ words) Lawfare During an interview to unveil the latest edition of the U. S. Counterterrorism Strategy, Sebastian Gorka, the senior director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council, was asked by conservative outlet Breitbart whether the United States faced a terrorism threat from…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (313+ words) China can look more practical and focused toward technological innovation vis a vis the United States. But beneath the order is a state that suppresses dissent and a society in which people have little say over the kind of technological…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (275+ words) According to the memorandum, the commission sees two potential legal risks from this situation. First, these providers are subject to the U. S. CLOUD Act, which enables unilateral U. S. government access to European data for law enforcement purposes. And second, unilateral U. S. sanctions measures…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1224+ words) Lawfare This past March, the FBI warned state law enforcement that Iran might be planning to attack targets in California using drones launched from vessels floating offshore. As it turned out, the threat wasn't real. The warning was based on…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (1319+ words) The stoush between Anthropic and the U. S. government has erupted once again, this time over concerns about how the release of new AI models is being managed. Early last week, Anthropic rolled out two new models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5. By Friday,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (255+ words) The range of tools available to Congress to take back and maintain power extends beyond the extraordinary political event of overriding a presidential veto. In fact, Congress has a menu of options to address overaggressive executive acts. Kavanaugh's dissent also…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (962+ words) A review of Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, "Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News" (Columbia University Press 2025). Every government, even the most authoritarian, depends to some degree on the consent of the governed. For leaders to remain…...