Brookings Panel on Cybersecurity in U.S. Elections
The evidence of foreign interference in the 2016 U.S. elections emphasizes the significant national security threat to our democracy. Last week, Susan Hennessey joined a panel at the Brookings Institu...
15 Sep 201758min
Benjamin Wittes on Investigating the President
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian government has been a focal point in political discourse s...
8 Sep 20171h 8min
Special Edition: Shane Harris and Paul Rosenzweig on the State of Things Today
In the past 24 hours, the Financial Times reported that Russian lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin testified before Robert Mueller's grand jury; Politico carried that the Mueller team is cooperating with the ...
31 Aug 201745min
#LawfareQuestions
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes answer listener questions about Lawfare, the podcast, and current events in law and national security.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted o...
25 Aug 201743min
Bobby Chesney and Michael Sulmeyer on NSA and Cyber Command
Friday morning, the White House announced it will elevate Cyber Command to a full unified combatant command. Within 60 days, the Secretary of Defense will recommend whether Cyber Command should also s...
18 Aug 201740min
Bryan Fogel on "Icarus"—and Russia
Filmmaker and cyclist Bryan Fogel talks about his new movie, Icarus, about Russian subversion of international doping rules in sports—and how it relates to the current investigation of Russian interfe...
12 Aug 201741min
Mira Rapp-Hooper and Stephan Haggard on North Korea
The growing threat from North Korea has intensified during the past few weeks after a series of missile tests demonstrated that the Kim regime may soon be able to strike the continental United States....
5 Aug 201746min
Jim Baker and Carl Ghattas on Section 702
On December 31, 2017, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act will sunset. Officials insist that the provision authorizes critical intelligence gathering, but as of yet, Congress has not signaled wheth...
28 Juli 201741min
