The ‘Covered List’: A Fraud Claimed ‘National Security’
A tool built to block Huawei and Hikvision now bans drones, routers, and solar inverters—undermining…
Lawfare Daily: Peter Salib on the Legal and Policy Ramifications of the OpenAI-Hugging Face Postmortems
What does the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident mean for the broader AI evaluation ecosystem?
AIs as Modern Genies
With AI we have built genies. Old stories told us how this goes.
Search Warrants for Election Materials Get Their Day in Court
The California Supreme Court has a chance to emphasize that the criminal justice system isn’t…
Persistent Engagement and the Illusion of Cyber Equilibrium
Strategies built to disrupt cyber adversaries may impose costs but are unlikely to lead to…
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 1
In a conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior…
The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Non-Decision
The Court avoided the merits of Trump’s ballroom fight by leaning on aesthetic standing—and left…
Governance by Shakedown
How the administration converts legal pretexts into coercive leverage—and why the tactic works even when…
White House Unveils Program to Authorize Private-Sector Cyber Surveillance and Disruption Operations
The Aug. 12 presidential memorandum directing the creation of a private-sector hacking program raises novel…