The Hidden Alliance Between Tech and Government
The practice of surveillance capitalism—the widespread private collection and commodification of personal data—is well understood. Less well understood is the extent to which the U.S. government purch...
8 Maalis 202438min
Chatter: Spy Disguises in Fact and Fiction with Jonna Mendez
Jonna Mendez advanced in her Central Intelligence Agency career to become Chief of Disguise despite the many institutional challenges to women's promotions. And now she has written a memoir, In True F...
7 Maalis 20241h 27min
Bryan Choi on NIST's Software Un-Standards
Everyone agrees that the United States has a serious cybersecurity problem. But how to fix it—that's another question entirely. Over the past decade, a consensus has emerged across multiple administra...
7 Maalis 202445min
Lidsky and Koningisor on First Amendment Disequilibrium
Executive branch constraints and the posture of the media have shifted in significant ways over the past two decades. Lyrissa Lidsky and Christina Koningisor, law professors at the University of Flori...
6 Maalis 202450min
The i-Soon Leaks with Winnona DeSombre Bernsen
In mid-February, Chinese cybersecurity firm i-Soon appeared to suffer a massive data leak, which offered unprecedented insight into the operations of the company, known to contract for many Chinese go...
5 Maalis 202437min
How to Steal a Presidential Election
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, a vital question is whether the legal architecture governing the election is well crafted to prevent corruption and abuse. In their new book, “How to Stea...
4 Maalis 202457min
Rational Security: The “Sir, This is a Wendy’s” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were joined by Molly Reynolds and (a prerecorded) Anna Bower to talk through some of the week’s big national security news, including:“The Shutdown Rut...
3 Maalis 20241h 15min
Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: The Supreme Court Will Hear Trump's Immunity Claim
It's another episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” recorded on February 29 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Riverside. Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Lawfare S...
2 Maalis 20241h 24min
