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The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition
The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionEmergency Edition: Another Special Counsel Investigation of Donald Trump
Earlier today, in a surprise announcement, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to lead two ongoing federal investigations of former…
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Rebecca Herman on ‘Cooperating with the Colossus’
Today, the U.S. military maintains around 800 bases in installations around the world with around 75 of those in Latin America, including perhaps its most…
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Jed Purdy on Democratic Renewal
American democracy might look healthier in light of last week's midterms, but there's still a lot of skepticism across the political spectrum about how it's…
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Matt Tait on Cybersecurity in Ukraine
Matt Tait is a cybersecurity expert who has worked both in the private sector and for the British government at GCHQ, the UK's intelligence, security, and…
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Sophia Yan Explains How to Become a Dictator
Sophia Yan, pianist for the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security, is also The Telegraph’s Beijing correspondent—or at least, she was until the other day…
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Georgii Dubynskyi on Ukraine’s Cybersecurity
Georgii Dubynskyi is the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. It is a ministry set up to modernize government services for Ukrainians that has…
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Rational Security 2.0: The “Needle is BACK” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Brookings Institution Middle East expert Natan Sachs to talk over the week's big (non-U.S. election) national…
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Lawfare Archive: Portland, DHS, and the Rule of Law
From September 23, 2020: Bobby Chesney sat down with former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Texas Congressman Chip Roy as part of the 2020 Texas…
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Lawfare Archive: Nate Persily Asks Whether Democracy Can Survive the Internet
Due to the Veterans Day holiday, our team is taking a break and bringing you a Lawfare Archive episode that we think you’ll find timely given some events from…
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The Midterms . . . So Far
On Tuesday, November 8, Americans finished casting their ballots in the midterm elections. Given that the president’s party typically performs poorly in the…
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Why Did DHS Compile an Intelligence Report about Lawfare’s Editor in Chief?
In the summer of 2020, Lawfare’s editor in chief Benjamin Wittes found out that he had been the subject of intelligence reports compiled by the Department of…
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Bonus Minipod: Benjamin Wittes and David Priess on Open Source Intelligence
We bring in the big guns to discuss Lawfare's relationship to open source intelligence and how to read/assess! Suggest and vote for the next topic on Patreon…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionDecentralized Social Media and the Great Twitter Exodus
It’s Election Day in the United States—so while you wait for the results to come in, why not listen to a podcast about the other biggest story obsessing the…
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The Government Rests; Roger Parloff Does Not
The government has rested its case in chief in the criminal seditious conspiracy trial of Elmer Stewart Rhodes III and several other members of the Oath…
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Chatter: Cryptography in History and in the Movies with Vince Houghton
Although codemaking and codebreaking often receive less attention in the public imagination than swashbuckling HUMINT operations and ingenious spy gadgets…
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Lawfare Archive: The Truth About Conspiracy Theories
From April 8, 2021: If you’re listening to this podcast, the odds are that you’ve heard a lot about QAnon recently—and you might even have read some alarming…
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Tchau, Bolsonaro? What to Make of Brazil's Election Results with Brian Winter
On October 30, Brazilians elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as their next president. Within minutes, world leaders, including President Biden and Secretary…
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Israeli Election Results with Natan Sachs
The Israeli election results are in—sort of—and the early count looks very favorable for former Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and the far-right coalition that…
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Should the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Militias Be Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations?
Last week, Lawfare published a piece by Lawfare’s legal fellow Saraphin Dhanani called, “The Case for Designating the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Militias as…
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The Biden Administration's Grand Strategy in Three Documents, with Richard Fontaine
In recent weeks, the Biden administration has released a trio of long-awaited strategy documents, including the National Security Strategy, the National…
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Danielle Citron on Intimate Privacy and How to Preserve It in a Digital Age
The effect of the digital revolution on privacy has been mixed, to say the least, and for intimate privacy—information about our health, sexual activities, and…
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Rational Security 2.0: The “Ku Ku Kachoo” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by China expert and law professor Julian Ku to talk through some of the week's big national security news…
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Lawfare Archive: The State of the U.S.-China Relationship
From August 24, 2020: In recent months, relations between the United States and China seem to have reached a new low as disagreements over trade, tech, human…
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Why the First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Trump’s Jan. 6 Speech
There's been a lot of discussion about whether Donald Trump should be indicted. Lately, that discussion has focused on the documents the FBI seized from…
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Claudia Swain on Cybersecurity and Trains
Claudia Swain is Lawfare’s digital strategist—but before coming to Lawfare, she worked at the Federal Railroad Administration, deep in the bureaucracy. She…
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Catching Up on the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress
This past weekend, the Chinese Communist Party held its 20th National Congress, an event held every five years at which it appoints its senior leadership who…
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Why Poll Worker Policies are Crucial for Functioning Elections
In two weeks, millions of Americans will head to the polls for the 2022 midterm election. During that time, an estimated one million poll workers will help…
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The Violent Extremist Threat to Critical Infrastructure in the United States
Last month, the George Washington University Program on Extremism published a report called, “Mayhem, Murder, and Misdirection: Violent Extremist Attack Plots…
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Chatter: How To Support a Vice President with Olivia Troye
Olivia Troye has worked in the Republican National Committee, the Pentagon, the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, the National Counterterrorism…
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Lawfare Archive: Transnational Repression: Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach
From February 5, 2021: Some countries don't just abuse their citizens within their own borders; increasingly, they target individuals after they have gone…
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The Biden Administration’s New Policy on Drone Strikes
Recently, Charlie Savage of the New York Times reported that the Biden administration had finalized a new policy governing drone strikes used in…
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Lawfare Podcast Shorts: Oath Keepers Trial Update III
Senior Editor Roger Parloff joins Managing Editor Tyler McBrien for another quick update on the prosecution’s case in the Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy…
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Kellen Dwyer on the Fallout From the Conviction of Uber's Former Chief Security Officer
Joe Sullivan, Uber's former chief security officer and a former federal prosecutor, was found guilty of obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony…
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The Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenaed Trump. What Now?
On October 13, the Jan. 6 committee closed what may be its final public hearing with a dramatic vote: unanimously, the committee members agreed to subpoena…
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Anna Bower Explains It All For You
Fulton County DA Fani Willis is closing in on Donald Trump's 2020 election meddling. She could begin issuing indictments as soon as December, CNN reports. In…
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Presidential Transitions with David Marchick
Presidential transitions are the most delicate and hazardous periods in the entire political cycle. Even at the best of times, incoming administrations face a…
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Rational Security: The “Wahoowa” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan Rozenshtein, Quinta Jurecic, and Scott R. Anderson were joined by beloved Lawfare contributor and UVA Law professor Ashley…
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Lawfare Archive: Jacob Schulz on Seditious Conspiracy
From March 24, 2022: It's been a big week for the seditious conspiracy statute, which has long been on the books, quietly forbidding violent interference with…
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Lawfare Podcast Shorts: Oath Keepers Trial Update II
Senior Editor Roger Parloff joins Ben Wittes for another quick update on the prosecution’s case in the Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy trial. Hosted on…
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A Jan. 6 Hearing Debrief
Thursday was the final day of hearings for the Jan. 6 select committee, and it turned out to be a bit of a barn burner, with a lot of new information about…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionThe Supreme Court Takes On 230
The Supreme Court has granted cert in two cases exploring the interactions between anti-terrorism laws and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. To…
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Alexander Downes on the Foreshadowed Failures of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change
Foreign-imposed regime change is a policy tool that a number of countries—most frequently the United States—have used to establish friendly regimes and align…
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The Russian Occupation of Kherson, Ukraine
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the illegal annexation of the Ukrainian region of Kherson, along with others. In the months leading up to…
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Bonus Minipod: Scott Anderson on Drone Ethics
October Minipod episode! This month, Scott R. Anderson answers your question about ethics of drone warfare. See Patreon to vote for next month's topic! Hosted…
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Lawfare Archive: Vladimir Milov on Russia Beyond the Headlines
From May 25, 2018: Vladimir Milov is the current economic advisor to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and the former deputy minister of energy in the…
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Chatter: The People Side of Intelligence with Darrell Blocker
Darrell Blocker retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018 after serving as an operations officer and manager in many countries, especially within…
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Lawfare Archive: Upheaval and Repression in Iran
From December 31, 2019: Iran is in turmoil. Protests erupted across the country last month, sparked by the government's decision to triple the price of…
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Suzanne Maloney on the Protests in Iran
It's been a tumultuous few weeks in Iran with the death of a young woman at the hands of the morality police leading to street protests all over the country…
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Lawfare Podcast Shorts: An Oath Keepers Trial Update
Ben Wittes sits down for a quick update on the prosecution’s case in the Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy trial from Senior Editor Roger Parloff, who has…
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The US, China, and Semiconductors
The United States is looking to curb China's advanced computing and chip production capabilities by using the so-called Foreign-Direct Product Rule to prevent…
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An Update on Electoral Count Act Reform
After months of mostly quiet, behind-the-scenes debate, both the House and Senate seem ready to move forward with reforming the Electoral Count Act, the 1887…
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionMark Bergen on the Rise and Rise of YouTube
Today, we’re bringing you another episode of our Arbiters of Truth series on the online information ecosystem. Lawfare senior editor Quinta Jurecic spoke with…
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What’s Going on in Russia, with Vindman and Ioffe
There's been a lot going on in Russia: a partial mobilization, protests, a mysterious explosion underwater along the Nord Stream pipelines, and most recently…
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Chatter: Hurricanes and Governmental Response with Eric Jay Dolin
Every year, the eastern United States faces the prospect—and, too often, the reality—of major hurricanes that cause extensive physical and financial damage…
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Lawfare Archive: Bart Gellman on 'Dark Mirror'
From Monday, June 1, 2020: Journalist Bart Gellman is the author of the new book, "Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State." Jack…
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Bonus Minipod: Molly Reynolds on Voting
September Minipod episode! This month, Molly Reynolds answers your question about voting in America. See Patreon to vote for next month's topic! Hosted on…
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Shane Reeves and Rob Lawless on Data-Rich Battlefields and the Future LOAC
In modern-day warfare, data is considered a weapons system, and the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict gives us some perspective into what warfare looks like in a…
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What Happened at the UN General Assembly Session, with Richard Gowan
This week marked the end of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, an annual event that brings world leaders together in New York and often serves as…
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How to Fix the Insurrection Act
For much of its history, the United States has had a single law on the books that governs when the president can deploy the military to enforce federal law…
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Brian Winter on the Imminent Election Crisis in Brazil
In just under a week, on October 2, Brazil will hold the first round of its general election, which will determine the country's next president. To talk…