The Lawfare Podcast
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Episode #96: Jim Comey on Going Dark
16 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Issues of privacy and security are at the forefront of public debate, particularly in light of recent national security disclosures and increasingly p...
Episode #95: India's Role in the World
10 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, India's former national security advisor and former Foreign Secretary, gave a keynote address this week at ...
Episode #94: An Interview with Audrey Kurth Cronin
03 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
With the recent decision by the Obama administration to begin launching airstrikes against Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria, questions have arisen...
Episode #93: Hardcore Dan Carlin
26 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ben interviews Dan Carlin in a wide-ranging conversation on WWI, NSA, and how to make a podcast. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare...
Episode #92: Ben Wittes on Constitution Day
19 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the nation once again celebrated Constitution Day, and Ben gave the keynote address at Kenyon College, which we provide to you in full. In ...
Episode #91: ISIS, ISIL, IS, AUMF
13 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wittes, Robert Chesney, Shane Harris and Wells Bennett talk the politics and law of the ISIS AUMF--and why President Obama isn't seeking one....
Episode #90: The ISIL Threat - A National Counterterrorism Assessment
05 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It’s already made the headlines, but earlier this week, Matt Olsen, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center delivered a keynote threat ...
Episode #89: Bone-Crushing Zombie Action
29 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Foreign Policy's Shane Harris hosts a panel--incuding Bobby Chesney, Benjamin Wittes, and Jennifer Daskal--on the law of the War on Zombies. What will...
Episode #88: Russia Breaking Bad and the Future of the International Order
21 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this week, the Brookings Institution hosted a panel on Russia’s place in the international order in the light of recent more aggressive turn...
Episode #87: The Future of Somalia
08 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Washington was abuzz this week as more than 50 African leaders were in town for the first U.S.-Africa Summit. Yesterday, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the P...
Episode #86: War in Gaza
01 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wittes discusses the ongoing crises in Gaza with Brookings scholars Natan Sachs, Khaled Elgindy, and Tamara Cofman Wittes. Support this sho...
Episode #85: Fernando Reinares on "Madrid 3/11 Bombings and the Future of Terrorism in Europe"
24 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Professor Fernando Reinares, a senior analyst on International Terrorism at the Elcano Royal Institute, delivered a talk on his new book, e...
Episode #84: Bahlul, Bahlul, Bahlul
17 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wittes, Wells Bennett, and Steve Vladeck sit down to talk aboout the D.C. Circuit Court's recent decision in the Al Bahlul case and what it ...
Episode #83: Bruce Riedel on "Lessons from America's Secret War in Afghanistan"
11 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As the election crisis in Afghanistan comes to a head, all eyes are once again on the future of Afghan democracy. But, America’s history in the regi...
Episode #82: Brad Smith on the Balance of National Security and Privacy
03 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Smith, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Microsoft, gave a keynote address last week at Brookings entitled “The Future of Global ...
Episode #81: Suzanne Maloney on Iran
28 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brookings Senior Fellow Suzanne Maloney talks about Iran: common interests with the United States in Iraq and the fight against ISIS, attitudes toward...
Episode #80: CrISIS in Iraq
20 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brookings scholars Ken Pollack, Mike O’Hanlon, and Suzanne Maloney spoke about Iraq’s security crisis.Support this show http://supporter.acast.co...
Episode #79: The Case For and Against a FISA Advocate
13 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, at the 2014 Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference, a panel of experts debated the pros and cons of adding outside lawyers to litigatio...
Episode #78: A Debate on the Future of U.S. Surveillance Authorities.
06 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On June 5, the anniversary of the first Snowden disclosures, Governance Studies at Brookings held a debate on the future of U.S. intelligence collecti...
Episode #77: The Allure of Normalcy
31 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Many within the United States and others abroad continue to question the United States’ role in the world. Understandably, Americans have grown wary...
Episode #76: John Carlin on "State-Sponsored Cyber Theft"
23 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
John Carlin, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice, spoke at Brookings this week on “Defending our Natio...
Episode #75--A Conversation with Herb Lin About Cybersecurity
16 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
“At the Nexus of Public Policy and Cybersecurity: Some Basic Concepts and Issues.”That’s the title of a new report co-edited by Herb Lin, chief ...
Episode #74: An Overview of U.S.-China Relations
09 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Michael O'Hanlon and Jim Steinberg discuss their new book, Strategic Reassurance and Resolve: U.S.-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century at ...
Episode #73: Cmd. Mike Adams Talks Jus Extra Bellum
02 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ben sat down with Cmd. Michael Adams, deputy legal adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Pacific Command conference in Manila t...
Episode #72: A Debate on the Future of the AUMF
25 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Wittes and Rosa Brooks discuss the future of the AUMF at a panel moderated by Greg McNeal at Pepperdine University School of Law.Support this show...
Episode #71: A Conversation with John Rizzo
18 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wittes interviews John Rizzo, former CIA acting general counsel, about his new book, Company Man, the persistence of the enhanced interroga...
Episode #70: Bruce Schneier on Technology and Privacy
11 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Schneier of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School gave a keynote address on April 3, 2014 during the “National S...
Episode #69: A Conversation with Former NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis
05 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the University of Texas at Austin hosted a two day conference, "The National Security Agency at the Crossroads." Former NSA Deputy Director...
Episode #68: John Carlin on Cybersecurity
28 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
John Carlin, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice, gave a keynote address on cybersecurity at Am...
Episode #67: An Address from NATO's Secretary General
21 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On March 19, the Brookings Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) hosted NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen for a Statesman’s For...
Episode #66: A Conversation with Shane Harris
14 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Harris of Foreign Policy magazine sits down with Benjamin Wittes to discuss two major news events of the week: the CIA-SSCI flap and the back-an...
Episode #65: A Conversation Between Michael Chertoff and Anthony Romero
06 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff and ACLU Chief Anthony Romero go mano a mano at a Federalist Society Event over Edward Snowden, metadata collect...
Episode #64: The State of the International Order
01 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years after the Iraq War and five years after the global financial crisis, the state of the international order is decidedly mixed. The internatio...
Episode #63: "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity: The Cybersecurity Framework and Beyond"
21 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On February 19, the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution hosted a panel discussion evaluating the Nationa...
Episode #62: Wittes and Friedersdorf Debate the Ethics of Drones
14 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Conor Friedersdorf and Benjamin Wittes debate the ethics of drone warfare at the University of Richmond in November 2013.Support this show http://sup...
Episode #61: Defending an Unowned Internet
08 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion at the Berkman Center: In the wake of the disclosures about government surveillance and the rise of corporate-run applications and protoc...
Episode #60: Wherein We Talk to DNI General Counsel Robert Litt
30 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
DNI General Counsel Robert Litt talks about implementation of President Obama's NSA reforms, privacy rights for foreigners in espionage, spying on for...
Episode #59: How Osama bin Laden Escaped Afghanistan
24 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Brookings Intelligence Project hosted Foreign Service Officer Yaniv Barzilai on January 23, 2014 to discuss his new book, 102 Days of War---How ...
Episode #58: A Roundtable Discussion of President Obama's NSA Speech
18 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
President Obama delivered a major address this morning---and released an accompanying policy directive---in response to the recommendations of hi...
Episode #57: General Stanley McChystal and Kristina Talbert-Slagle on Lessons on Counterinsurgency from the Human Body
06 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Are there parallels between insurgencies and illness? Or between healthy bodies and healthy nations? Innovative new thinking argues that indeed there ...
Episode #56: Inside NSA, Part V--An Interview with Fran Fleisch, Acting Deputy Director of NSA
20 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode in our series, "Inside NSA: We Brought In a Recording Device So You Don't Have To," Benjamin Wittes interviews the agency's execu...
Episode #55: Inside NSA, Part IV—We Speak with Anne Neuberger, the Woman on Front Lines of NSA's Relations with Industry
19 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. technology sector is pretty upset with NSA these days. Anne Neuberger, who manages the agency's relations with the private sector, is on the ...
Episode #54: Inside NSA, Part III--Wherein We Talk to Lonny Anderson, Chief of NSA's Technology Directorate
18 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Chesney and Benjamin Wittes sit down with the head of IT at NSA and talk about how Edward Snowden did it, and what's being done to make sure the...
Episode #53: Inside NSA, Part II--Wherein We Interview the Agency's Chief of Compliance, John DeLong
17 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of our series, "Inside NSA: We Brought In a Recording Device So You Don't Have To," Robert Chesney and Benjamin Wittes talk to J...
Episode #52: Inside NSA, Part I--A Discusison with General Counsel Rajesh De
16 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode in our series, "Inside NSA: We Brought in a Recording Device So You Don't Have To": An interview with NSA General Counsel Rajesh...
Episode #51: Colombia's Minister of National Defense Juan Carlos Pinzon Bueno Speaks at Brookings
06 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
After more than four decades of conflict, Colombia has made substantial progress under the Uribe and Santos administrations in combating drug traffick...
Episode #50: DIA Chief Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn Speaks at Brookings
30 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The exponential rate of change in the present global environment makes today’s security landscape particularly challenging, and projections promise ...
Episode #49: A Panel at NYU on "Law and Strategy in the Executive Branch"
22 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In an panel discussion at NYU, a former White House Counsel, a former chief of staff to the CIA director and Secretary of Defense, a former FBI genera...
Episode #48: Jack Goldsmith Speaks at Hoover to and on the National Security Press
08 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In the third and final installment of our series of sessions from the October 25 Hoover Media Colloquium, Jack goes mano a mano with the press corps o...
Episode #47: Matthew Waxman and Kenneth Anderson Speak on Autonomous Weapons at Hoover
06 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Waxman and Kenneth Anderson speak at the Hoover Institution on autonomous weapons before a group of journalists.Support this show http://suppo...
Episode #46: Benjamin Wittes Speaks at Hoover on "Speaking the Law"
01 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wittes speaks on his and Kenneth Anderson's book, Speaking the Law, at an October 25 media colloquium at the Hoover Institution. Support thi...
Episode #45: Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein on Political Dysfunction
17 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Congressional scholars Tom Mann of the Brookings Institution and Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute discuss the arguments in their boo...
Episode #44: Matt Apuzzo on Najibullah Zazi and NSA Surveillance Programs
11 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Riedel, Director of the Intelligence Project at Brookings, hosted Matt Apuzzo of the AP for a discussion of his new book with Adam Goldman, enti...
Episode #43: A Debate on NSA Surveillance
02 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wittes, Steven Vladeck, and Orin Kerr debate NSA surveillance and the Snowden leaks at an event hosted by the George Washington University ch...
Episode #42: Steve Vladeck and Ryan Goodman on "Just Security"
19 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Lawfare veteran Steve Vladeck and NYU law professor Ryan Goodman discuss their new national security blog, Just Security--which launches today.Support...
Episode #41: Nathan Myhrvold on Strategic Terrorism
11 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Polymathic technology businessman Nathan Myhrvold discusses his paper, "Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action."Support this show http://supporter.acas...
Episode #40: Brookings Event, "Striking Syria? Obama, Congress and Military Action"
06 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, Brookings hosted an event on possible U.S. military intervention in Syria. Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon lead the discussion...
Episode #39: Laura Dean on the Bloodbath in Egypt
28 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Ben interviews Laura Dean, Lawfare's Cairo Diarist, about the coup in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, and freelancing the revolution.Support this show ...
Episode #37--Tools and Tradeoffs: Confronting U.S. Citizen Terrorist Suspects Abroad
26 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Byman of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and Ben Wittes of the Governance Studies program at Brookings launched their report entitled “...
Episode #36--Robert Litt on Privacy and Intelligence Collection
19 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Robert LItt, general counsel of the ODNI, speaks at the Brookings Institution on Privacy and Intelligence Collection.Support this show http://supporte...
Episode #35: Mark Plotkin on Private Sector National Security Law
06 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Raffaela Wakeman interviews Covington & Burling partner Mark Plotkin on private sector national security law.Support this show http://supporter.acast....
Episode #34: Alan Liotta Speaks at MILOPS
28 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
For a week last June, Ben was hanging out in Bangkok, at the International Military Law and Operations (MILOPS) Conference. While there, he took in...
Episode #33--An Address by Rached Ghannouchi
05 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Brookings Institution hosted Rached Ghannouchi, co-founder and president of Tunisia's Nahda Party, for an address on the future of Tunisian democr...
Episode #32: A Discussion with 9-11 Case Defense Lawyer CDR Walter Ruiz
28 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lawfare sat down with CDR Walter Ruiz, a lawyer for accused 9-11 co-conspirator Mustafa al-Hawsawi. Our discussion touched on, among othe...
Episode #31: Special Edition: UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson Discusses His Investigation of Drone Strikes
14 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wittes and Ritika Singh interview Ben Emmerson about his investigation.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast....
Episode #30: Benjamin Wittes Gives a Talk at Parliament on Whether Drones are the New Guantanamo
10 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Lawfare's editor in chief, Benjamin Wittes, gives a talk at the Palace of Westminster--sponsored by the Henry Jackson Society--on whether drones are b...
Episode #29: Former CIA and FBI Counterterrorism Official Philip Mudd Interviewed at Brookings by Bruce Riedel
23 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Brookings Senior Fellow Bruce Riedel interviews before an audience Philip Mudd, former CIA and FBI counterterrorism official and author of a new book ...
Episode #28: A Panel Discussion of Autonomous Weapons
10 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On April 4, the National Security Law Society at Georgetown Law Center held a panel discussion on the “Legal and Ethical Implications of Autonomous...
Episode #27: Afghan Presidential Candidate Fawzia Koofi Speaks on the Taliban and Women in Afghanistan
16 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Lawfare's Alan Rozenshtein interviews Afghan Presidential Candidate Fawzia Koofi on the Taliban and Women in AfghanistanSupport this show http://supp...
Episode #26: Gen. Stanley McChrystal Speaks at the Brookings Institution on the Evolution of JSOC
28 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Osama bin Laden may have been the most notorious face of al-Qaeda before his death, but a terrorist by the name of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi arguably had f...
Episode #25: Stephen Krasner Discusses Externally Imposed and Encouraged Democratic Development
21 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Stanford Polical Scientist Stephen Krasner discusses his current book project--a study of the circumstances in which states can and cannot encourage t...
Episode #24: Federal Public Defender Miriam Conrad on the Rezwan Ferdaus Case and FBI Counterterrorism Sting Operations
16 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Federal Public Defender Miriam Conrad talks with Lawfare's Alan Rozenshtein about the case of Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year old U.S.-born citizen of Bangl...
Episode #23: Brig. Gen. Mark Martins Discusses the Decision to Withdraw Conspiracy Charges in the 9/11 Case
10 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Military Commission Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins discusses his decision not to pursue standalone conspiracy charges against KSM and the other 9/11 de...
Episode #22: Stephen Tankel on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Lashkar-e-Taiba
14 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Ritika Singh interviews American University scholar Stephen Tankel on Pakistani counterterrorism cooperation, the endgame in Afghanistan, and Lashkar-...
Episode #21: A Debate over Clapper Between Jameel Jaffer and Benjamin Powell
12 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Lawfare's Alan Rozenshtein hosts a debate over Clapper v. Amnesty International between ACLU attorney Jameel Jaffer and Benjamin Powell, one of the go...
Episode #20--Daniel Markey on U.S.-Pakistan Relations and the Haqqani Network
27 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Ritika Singh interviews Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Daniel Markey on U.S.-Pakistan Relations, tensions over drone strikes, and the rise...
Episode #19--A Drunken Predator Drone Visits the Brookings Institution
27 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with @drunkenpredator.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode #18: Dan Byman on Al Qaeda and Its Affiliates
21 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Brookings and Georgetown scholar Daniel Byman talks about his new paper, "Breaking the Bonds Between Al-Qa'ida and Its Afiliate Organizations."Support...
Episode #17: Bruce Riedel on Al Qaeda and Its Affiliates
03 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Brookings Senior Fellow Bruce Riedel talks with Lawfare's Ritika Singh about the state of Al Qaeda and its allies.Support this show http://supporter.a...
Episode #16: Kent Roach on the 9/11 Effect
22 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Lawfare's Alan Rozenshtein interviews University of Toronto Professor Kent Roach about his new book, The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Counter-Terrorism.Su...
Episode #15: Ashley Deeks on the Unwilling or Unable Test
15 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Deeks speaks at MILOPS on the Unwilling or Unable test.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Episode #14: Benjamin Wittes on Legislating for the Wars We Fight
15 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wittes addresses the PACOM MILOPS conference in a speech entitled "Legislating for the Wars We Fight."Support this show http://supporter.acas...
Episode #13: Charles Blanchard Speaks at MILOPS
15 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Air Force General Counsel Charles Blanchard speaks to the PACOM Military Operations and Law Conference in Singapore.Support this show http://supporter...
Episode #12: Kenneth Anderson on Living with the United Nations
07 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Lawfare's book review editor, Kenneth Anderson, discusses his new book, Living with the UN: American Responsibilities and International Order.Support ...
Episode #11: Jennifer Daskal on the Geography of the Battlefield
15 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Georgetown Law fellow Jennifer Dasksal discusses her new article, "The Geography of the Battlefield: A Framework for Detention and Targeting Outside t...
Episode #10: Peter Berkowitz on Israel and the International Laws of War
08 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hoover Institution scholar Peter Berkowitz talks about his new book, Israel and the Struggle Over the International Laws of War.Support this show http...
Episode #9: The President of Estonia Speaks on Cybersecurity
19 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves talks to Jack about cybersecurity and the 2007 attacks on his country's computer networks.Support this show ht...
Episode #8: Richard Gross on the Role of the Legal Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
09 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Chesney and William Banks of Syracuse University College of Law interview Brig. General Richard Gross, legal adviser to the Chairman of the Joi...
Episode #7: Paul Rosensweig and Allan Friedman on Cybersecurity Legislation
19 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Former DHS policy official Paul Rosenzweig and Brookings scholar Allan Friedman discuss current legislative machinations over cybersecurity.Support th...
Episode #6: Jack Goldsmith on Power and Constraint
12 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Goldsmith discusses his new book, Power and Constraint: The Accountable Presidency after 9/11.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfar...
Episode #5: Missy Cummings on Drones, Drones, and More Drones
03 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
MIT robotics professor Missy Cummings discusses drones with Ritika Singh.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See ac...
Episode #4: Robert Chesney on the Title 10/Title 50 Debate
24 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby discusses his new article, Military-Intelligence Convergence and the Law of the Title 10/Title 50 Debates, 5 J. Nat'l Sec. L. & Pol'y 539 (2012)...
Episode #3: Joel Brenner on Amerca the Vulnerable
20 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Former NSA General Counsel Joel Brenner discusses his book, America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warf...
Episode #2: Samuel Rascoff on Official Islam
15 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
NYU law professor Samuel Rascoff discusses his new article, "Establishing Official Islam? The Law and Strategy of Counter-Radicalization."Support this...
Episode #1: Shane Harris on Drones
30 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our subject in the podcast's inaugural episode is a remarkable new article by journalist Shane Harris entitled "Out of the Loop: The Human-Free Future...