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6 Jul 2022, 7:01 am by Quinta Jurecic
Again and again in recent years, current and former Justice Department officials—along with academics, journalists, and other commentators—have struggled to explain to the public the importance of Justice Department independence: the idea that the powers of law enforcement should not be wielded as a tool of political power. [read post]
On Jan. 31 and Feb. 5, The Washington Post reported that former President Trump routinely “tore up briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane” in violation of the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and that some of the records received by the Jan. 6 committee had been “ripped up and then taped back together. [read post]
12 Jun 2021, 1:29 pm by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
Howell shared an episode of the Lawfare Podcast in which Michel Paradis sits down with Lawfare Executive Editor Scott Anderson to discuss the Senate’s new proposed reforms to combat sexual assault in the military: Wittes shared his thoughts on recent Republican attacks on Lawfare’s former executive editor, Susan Hennessey, following her appointment to a position in the Justice Department’s National Security Division. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 10:06 am by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
  ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare Benjamin Wittes shared his thoughts on recent Republican attacks on Lawfare’s former executive editor, Susan Hennessey, following her appointment to a position in the Justice Department’s National Security Division. [read post]
15 May 2021, 9:07 am by Bryce Klehm, Rohini Kurup, Matt Gluck
Bryce Klehm announced this week’s Lawfare Live event, in which Molly Reynolds, senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, joined Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare’s editor in chief, to answer questions from Lawfare readers about potential reforms in Congress. [read post]
27 Apr 2021, 7:43 am by Bryce Klehm
ET, Scott Anderson, Lawfare senior editor, Susan Hennessey, Lawfare executive editor, Quinta Jurecic, Lawfare managing editor, and David Priess, Lawfare chief operating officer, will join Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare editor in chief, to take questions from the Lawfare community about the first 100 days of the Biden administration and implications for the future of U.S. national security. powered by Crowdcast… [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 8:22 am by Bob Bauer
As Benjamin Wittes and Susan Hennessey have written, Donald Trump had a “wholly new vision of the office and his powers,” one that “elevates the expressive and personal dimensions of the office over everything else. [read post]
23 Jan 2021, 10:24 am by Victoria Gallegos, Tia Sewell
And Bryce Klehm announced this week’s Lawfare Live, in which Lawfare’s David Priess and Susan Hennessey, along with Molly Reynolds, a senior fellow at Brookings, joined Benjamin Wittes to take questions from site patrons about the first 48 hours of the Biden administration: powered by Crowdcast And that was the week that was. [read post]
17 Jan 2021, 9:28 am by Tia Sewell
Benjamin Wittes argued that while the bipartisan impeachment is an important and necessary step, there are many problems it does not solve. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
To talk through it all, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare's Alan Rozenshtein, Bryce Klehm, David Priess, Quinta Jurecic and Susan Hennessey. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 10:35 am by Jacob Schulz
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes note in their book on Trump that political scientists, “have long treated the power to speak as an important feature of presidential power. [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
Benjamin Wittes sat down with Fred Burton, the executive director of the Center for Protective Intelligence at Ontic and a former protective officer; Garrett Graff, a journalist who covers federal law enforcement and who wrote a book about continuity in government; and Lawfare's executive editor Susan Hennessey. [read post]
4 Jan 2021, 11:56 am by Matt Gluck, Tia Sewell
Benjamin Wittes reflected on how Lawfare has adapted to the unique challenges and demands of 2020 and asked readers to include Lawfare in their end-of-year giving. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare executive editor Susan Hennessey, managing editor Quinta Jurecic, senior editor Scott Anderson, and Lawfare contributor and law professor Alan Rozenshtein to talk about the worst stories of the year, as well as their expectations and predictions for the coming year. [read post]
28 Dec 2020, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
Benjamin Wittes, Molly Reynolds, Steve Vladeck, David Priess, Susan Hennessey, Scott Anderson, Judd Devermont and Rohini Kurup responded to questions on everything from pardons to prosecuting contractors to ethnic diversity at Lawfare. [read post]
20 Dec 2020, 8:43 am by Anna Salvatore, Tia Sewell
Jen Patja Howell shared an episode of Rational Security in which Benjamin Wittes, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Susan Hennessey and Shane Harris discussed the hack: Benjamin Jensen, Brandon Valeriano and Mark Montgomery explored the strategic implications of SolarWinds. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 10:30 am by Anna Salvatore
Benjamin Wittes, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Susan Hennessey and Shane Harris discussed the massive computer hacking of U.S. government agencies. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 12:09 pm by Anna Salvatore
  Bryce Klehm announced that there will be a Lawfare Live event this Friday featuring Scott Anderson, Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes and David Priess. [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 11:41 am by Bryce Klehm
Join Scott Anderson, Lawfare senior editor, Susan Hennessey, Lawfare executive editor, Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare editor-in-chief, and David Priess, Lawfare chief operating officer, as they answer questions about the incoming administration's national security nominees. powered by Crowdcast Sign up now to become a patron of Lawfare and receive email notifications for Lawfare Live, a weekly event where you can join a community of Lawfare readers and podcast… [read post]