Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief, joins Alan, Quinta, and Scott for a serious conversation about Hamas's attacks in Israel, the Israeli military response, and the implications for the world. They discuss proportionality in international law, Iran's potential involvement, Israel's normalization with neighbors, Russia's role, tackling misinformation on Twitter, and more.

Matt Tait is a cybersecurity expert who has worked both in the private sector and for the British government at GCHQ, the UK's intelligence, security, and cyber agency. He's also a Lawfare contributor. Like a lot of us, Tait has spent the last several months thinking about Ukraine, and Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes had cybersecurity questions for him. They talked about why the Ukrainian internet is still functioning and why the Russians have been so ineffective in the cyber arena. They also talked about whether U.S. support for Ukraine is threatened with Republicans in control of the House and what the Biden administration is going to do about Section 702, which is scheduled to expire at the end of next year.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On February 14, the Brookings Institution hosted an event on the upcoming Supreme Court oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh—two cases that could potentially reshape the internet. The Court is set to hear arguments in both cases next week, on February 21 and 22. Depending on how the justices rule, Gonzalez could result in substantial changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the bedrock legal protection on which the internet is built. For today’s podcast, we’re bringing you audio of that discussion. Lawfare senior editor Quinta Jurecic moderated a panel that included Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, with a joint appointment in electrical engineering & computer sciences and the School of Information; Daphne Keller, the director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center; Lawfare senior editor Alan Rozenshtein; and Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast delves into Trump's legal trials and delays, including the Mar-a-Lago case, Fulton County DA disqualification, and New York trial postponement. They discuss legal complexities, challenges with discovery in Stormy Daniels case, and potential disqualification of a judge. Also, they explore hypothetical electoral laws, national security concerns, and counterintelligence implications.

Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes and Quinta Jurecic discuss Judge Cannon's order on Trump's classified documents case, legal developments in Trump trials, misrepresentations of law, Judge McAfee in Fulton County, and audience questions

Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes discusses Israel-Gaza war, U.S. foreign policy implications, conflicting objectives, moral context, U.S.-Israeli relations, potential impact on U.S. elections, and the complexities of war strategy, accountability, military tactics, and moral dilemmas in the conflict.

Former President Donald Trump indicted by grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia for alleged attempts to manipulate electoral vote count. Lawfare Editor-in-Chief and guests analyze similarities between indictments, discuss implications of multiple trials, and express concern about Trump's impact on American politics. Topics include charges in Fulton County, potential challenges, parallel charges, jurisdiction issues, presidential pardon in state conviction, purpose of removal to state court, and Lindsey Graham's involvement in phone calls to Georgia officials. Conversation also covers Trump impeachment case in Fulton County and Lawfare's support.

In the summer of 2020, Lawfare’s editor in chief Benjamin Wittes found out that he had been the subject of intelligence reports compiled by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis. It was a bizarre but troubling revelation, and it raised a lot of questions, not only about the propriety of those reports but also about the practice in general. Who else was I&A compiling intelligence reports about and on what basis? So, Ben filed a FOIA request and subsequently a lawsuit in hopes of getting some answers. He's written about this matter for Lawfare a number of times, including in an update published yesterday.Lawfare executive editor Natalie Orpett sat down with Ben to talk through it all. They discussed the background of the case, why so-called open source intelligence reports can be so dangerous, and what we've learned about DHS over the course of the litigation.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FBI on Monday conducted a surprise search of Donald Trump's home and resort at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. The investigation appeared to involve the retention of classified information by the former president after he left the White House. There's not a whole lot of information, but Trump did confirm the search.To go through it all, Benjamin Wittes sat down on Twitter Spaces with Lawfare senior editors Alan Rozenshtein and Quinta Jurecic, and Andrew Weissmann, a former senior prosecutor for Bob Mueller. They talked about what we know and what we don't know, what sort of investigation this might be, where it may be going, and whether this has anything to do with Jan. 6.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawfare editors and legal experts discuss the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States and its implications for ongoing cases against former President Trump. They analyze the challenges in applying the new standard, legal complexities in evidence presentation, and potential Supreme Court interventions. The podcast also explores the impact of presidential immunity, strategic considerations in Trump's trial, and the selection of staff for a president under prosecution.