Devin DeBacker and Lee Licata on the Biden Administration’s New Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data
On February 28, the Biden administration issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of...
13 Mar 202444min
How Should Governments Use Deepfakes?
Progress in deepfake technology and artificial intelligence can make manipulated media hard to identify, making deepfakes an appealing tool for governments seeking to advance their national security o...
12 Mar 202457min
Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Fourteenth Amendment Ruling
On March 4, the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Anderson, holding that states cannot disqualify Donald Trump from appearing on the presidential ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Sect...
11 Mar 202449min
Rational Security: The “Alan and the Owl” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien joined Alan, Quinta, and Scott to discuss the week's big national security news, including:“Operation Humbled Drop.” After months ...
10 Mar 20241h 16min
Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: Pending Motions Piling Up in Florida
It's another episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” recorded on March 7 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Riverside. Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senio...
9 Mar 20241h 24min
Lawfare Archive: Judge John Bates on FISA in the News
From September 28, 2019: At the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas, Benjamin Wittes sat down in front of a live audience with Judge John Bates, a senior district judge on the U.S. District Court ...
9 Mar 20241h
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 Mar 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 Mar 20241h 27min
