Special Edition: Syria and The Al-Baghdadi Raid
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, died in a raid conducted by U.S. Special Operation Forces. The president used highly unusual lan...
29 Okt 201943min
The Report, Episode 13: Pardons on the Table
It’s January 2018. Paul Manafort and Rick Gates are in a whole lot of trouble. The past is catching up to them. Three months earlier, they’d both been indicted on multiple felony counts and now it loo...
27 Okt 201955min
Sloat and Thompson on the Shenanigans in the UK
It's been a wild few weeks in British politics: possible new elections scheduled; Brexit impending and then delayed (we think); a possible Brexit deal signed, but not yet ratified; and the personality...
26 Okt 201955min
Shorts: What William Taylor’s Testimony Adds to the Ukraine Story
Amb. William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified on Tuesday in a close-door meeting with Congressional committees involved in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Tuesday aftern...
23 Okt 201918min
James Verini and Dan Gabriel on the Battle for Mosul
In 2014, the precipitous fall of the ancient city of Mosul signaled the sudden rise to power of the Islamic State, a group that would soon declare a new caliphate from Mosul's Great Mosque. Two years ...
23 Okt 201945min
The Report, Episode 12: It Will Never Get Out
It’s February 6, 2018. Don McGahn is back in the Oval Office with President Trump and the new White House chief of staff John Kelly. The New York Times has just published a story reporting that, back ...
20 Okt 20191h
What's Going on in Syria
It's been a horrible week in northeastern Syria. The U.S. abandoned its Kurdish allies after the president had a conversation by phone with Turkish President Erdogan and pulled the plug on the stabili...
19 Okt 201957min
Chesney, Monaco, McCord, and Rasmussen on Domestic Terrorism
A couple of weeks ago, Lawfare and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law sponsored a series of panels at the Texas Tribune Festival. For this episode, we bring you the audio of our Tri...
16 Okt 201958min
