John Sipher on Human Sources in Moscow
The New York Times reports that CIA human sources in Moscow are drying up. The newspaper speculates that this may be because of the political environment in the United States, an environment in which ...
1 Sep 201836min
What is Too Far When Former Intelligence Community Leadership Criticizes the President?
This edition of The Lawfare Podcast grows out of an email exchange between David Kris and Jack Goldsmith over a draft article Jack had written about John Brennan and other intelligence community forme...
29 Aug 201856min
Solomon Wisenberg on Interviewing the President
Bob Mueller and the president's legal team are engaged in an extended negotiation over whether the president will sit for an interview with the Mueller team. As it turns out, there are three people in...
25 Aug 201834min
Special Edition: The Mueller Investigation's Weird Weekend
What a weird weekend it has been. The Manafort jury is deliberating, the White House lawyer is cooperating with the special prosecutor and giving 30 hours of interview about presidential conduct, and ...
21 Aug 201847min
Brad Moss on Presidential Power and Security Clearances
The President of the United States this week stripped the former CIA Director John Brennan of his security clearance in a dramatic White House statement by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The ...
17 Aug 201830min
A Worthwhile Canadian Dust-Up
Canada and Saudi Arabia have been at loggerheads over the past week ever since the Canadian Foreign Minister condemned Saudi Arabia’s arrest of Samar Badawi, a human rights activist. Saudi Arabia's re...
13 Aug 201835min
Special Edition: Buzzfeed Follows Peter Smith’s Money
There’s a new twist in one of the stranger subplots of L’Affaire Russe: Buzzfeed News reports that Peter Smith, a Republican operative who reportedly sought to obtain missing Hillary Clinton emails du...
11 Aug 201841min
The Challenges of Digital Evidence
Encryption usually takes center stage in debates over digital evidence, and the sensitivities around the issue often halt discussions before reaching practical solutions. But on July 25, the Center fo...
8 Aug 201843min
