El Salvador’s President Cracks Down on Gangs—and Democracy
Since March 2022, El Salvador has been under a state of exception as its President Nayib Bukele seeks to crack down on the country’s powerful gangs. Bukele, who once described himself on Twitter as th...
9 Mai 20231h 5min
Treaties and Dysfunctional Diplomacy
The Constitution specifies only one process for making international agreements—Article II gives the president the power to make treaties provided that two-thirds of the senators present concur. The t...
8 Mai 202354min
Rational Security: The “Q Agone” Edition
This week on Rational Security, a Quinta-less Alan and Scott were joined by Lawfare legal fellow Saraphin Dhanani to talk through the week's big national security news, including:“Seoul Authority.” So...
7 Mai 20231h 20min
Lawfare Archive: David Priess on the History of the President's Daily Brief
From July 7, 2020: David Priess is a former CIA briefer for the Attorney General and the FBI director, and he's the author of "The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefin...
6 Mai 202344min
Boys With a Bit Less Pride
Yesterday was verdict day for the Proud Boys. Mid-morning, the jury notified Judge Tim Kelly that it had reached a partial verdict, and that partial verdict was “guilty of seditious conspiracy” for fo...
5 Mai 202342min
Chatter: Private Equity and National Security with Brendan Ballou
Private equity firms rank among the largest employers in the United States and invest many billions of dollars in a wide variety of industries. Yet the public understanding of how private equity works...
4 Mai 20231h 7min
Bridget Dooling and Mark Febrizio on Robotic Rulemaking
At the core of the regulatory state is the notice and comment process. Agencies propose what they're going to do, the public gets to comment, and agencies have to respond to those comments. It's an im...
4 Mai 202335min
Jim Dempsey and Jonathan Spring on Adversarial Machine Learning and Cybersecurity
Risks associated with the rapid development and deployment of artificial intelligence are getting the attention of lawmakers. But one issue that may not be getting adequate attention by policymakers o...
3 Mai 202357min
