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BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in CHINATALK: IN-Q-TEL ON CHIPS, CFIUS, AND THE VALLEY OF ChinaTalk: In-Q-Tel on Chips, CFIUS, and The Valley of Death. By Jordan Schneider. Monday, June 7, 2021, 2:35 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. Dr. Yan Zheng, senior technical staff specializing in microelectronics at In-Q-Tel, discusses what it's like to invest in startups for the CIA and the rest of the U.S. intelligence community;

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THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY Lawfare Live: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity. By Bryce Klehm. Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER As illustrated by the new EO, the procurement power not only can help the government protect itself but also can have spillover benefits for other entities (insofar as contract counterparties are motivated to alter products or services that are purchased COMPILING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOLLOWING THE CAPITOL RIOT Compiling the Criminal Charges Following the Capitol Riot. On Jan. 6, a violent mob entered the United States Capitol Building during the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers and congressional staff to flee to safe locations. WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office UNDERSTANDING THE AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY INTO ADF WAR CRIMES The inspector general of the Australian Defense Force (ADF) released on Nov. 19 a report on its inquiry into allegations of serious misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, including accusations of war crimes. The report paints a brutal picture of the Australian special forces’ conduct in Afghanistan as part of the American-led military coalition that has been active in the WHICH STATES SUPPORT THE 'UNWILLING AND UNABLE' TEST As readers of Lawfare know, a growing number of States believe that use of force in self-defense against a non-state actor on the territory of a third State, without the consent of that third State, may be lawful under international law if the non-state actor has undertaken an armed attack against the State and the third State is itself unwilling or unable to address the threat posed by the LAWFARE - HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICESTOPICSREVIEWS AND ESSAYSAEGISRESOURCE PAGESSPECIAL FEATURESAUMF Hard National Security Choices. Recently on Lawfare. The Invisible Rules That Govern Police Use of Force Ion Meyn Jun 8, 2021; The Week

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BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in CHINATALK: IN-Q-TEL ON CHIPS, CFIUS, AND THE VALLEY OF ChinaTalk: In-Q-Tel on Chips, CFIUS, and The Valley of Death. By Jordan Schneider. Monday, June 7, 2021, 2:35 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. Dr. Yan Zheng, senior technical staff specializing in microelectronics at In-Q-Tel, discusses what it's like to invest in startups for the CIA and the rest of the U.S. intelligence community;

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THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY Lawfare Live: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity. By Bryce Klehm. Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER As illustrated by the new EO, the procurement power not only can help the government protect itself but also can have spillover benefits for other entities (insofar as contract counterparties are motivated to alter products or services that are purchased COMPILING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOLLOWING THE CAPITOL RIOT Compiling the Criminal Charges Following the Capitol Riot. On Jan. 6, a violent mob entered the United States Capitol Building during the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers and congressional staff to flee to safe locations. WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office UNDERSTANDING THE AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY INTO ADF WAR CRIMES The inspector general of the Australian Defense Force (ADF) released on Nov. 19 a report on its inquiry into allegations of serious misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, including accusations of war crimes. The report paints a brutal picture of the Australian special forces’ conduct in Afghanistan as part of the American-led military coalition that has been active in the WHICH STATES SUPPORT THE 'UNWILLING AND UNABLE' TEST As readers of Lawfare know, a growing number of States believe that use of force in self-defense against a non-state actor on the territory of a third State, without the consent of that third State, may be lawful under international law if the non-state actor has undertaken an armed attack against the State and the third State is itself unwilling or unable to address the threat posed by the TODAY’S HEADLINES AND COMMENTARY 18 hours ago · President Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a renovated Atlantic Charter at their meeting today, reports the Washington Post. The document broadly reiterates the shared commitment of the United Kingdom and the U.S. to democratic principles, free elections, the NATO alliance and the environment, among other key issues. ON THE SLIMING OF SUSAN HENNESSEY 22 hours ago · I have made a point of staying quiet as the Trumpist right has gone after Lawfare ’s former executive editor, Susan Hennessey, following her appointment to a position in the Justice Department’s National Security Division.. I have stayed quiet because Susan is a dear friend and colleague and has been my business partner in the development of this site, and also because I haven’t

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INSPECTOR GENERAL RELEASES REPORT ON U.S. PARK POLICE 16 hours ago · The Interior Department’s inspector general issued a report on the actions of the United State Park Police (USPP) during the June 1, 2020 clearing of Lafayette Park. The 30-page report found no evidence that the USPP cleared the park of racial justice marchers so that then-President Trump could walk through the park for a photo opportunity at St. John’s Episcopal Church. THE LAWFARE PODCAST: DANIEL RICHMAN AND SARAH SEO ON LAW Daniel Richman and Sarah Seo are professors at Columbia Law School, and they are co-authors of a recent article on Lawfare entitled, "Toward a New Era for Federal and State Oversight of Local Police." Benjamin Wittes sat down with them to discuss the article, the history of the federal-state relationship in law enforcement, how the feds came to play an oversight role with TWITTER IS THE (VERY SHORT TERM) WINNER OF THE TRUMP 17 hours ago · On June 4, Facebook responded to the Facebook Oversight Board’s (FOB) decision about the fate of former President Trump’s Facebook account, booting Trump from the platform for two years and offering up a collection of responses to the Oversight Board’s nonbinding policy recommendations. People parsed through the 20-page response document and came out in different places. THE LAWFARE PODCAST: THE EMPIRE (FACEBOOK) STRIKES BACK 1 day ago · If you’ve listened to this show, you've probably read a fair number of news stories—and maybe even listened to some podcast episodes—about the Facebook Oversight Board’s recent ruling on the platform’s decision to ban President Trump’s account. The board temporarily allowed Facebook to keep Trump off the platform, but criticized the slapdash way Facebook made that call and

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SUPREME COURT TO HEAR STATE SECRETS CASE INVOLVING 21 hours ago · On April 27, the Supreme Court agreed to take up United States v. Abu Zubaydah, which considers whether a Guantanamo Bay detainee can obtain information about his treatment while a detainee in CIA custody. The detainee is Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn—better known as Abu Zubaydah—an alleged CHINATALK: DARPA AND HOW TO R&D RIGHT 17 hours ago · Ben Reinhardt, an independent researcher and robotics PhD, discusses why DARPA has so many hits to its name; why NASA wasted the past two decades; what needs to be subtracted from the U.S. research ecosystem; and sci-fi book recommendations. Please consider supporting ChinaTalk at https://glow.fm THE SUPREME COURT REINS IN THE CFAA IN VAN BUREN 1 day ago · The Supreme Court handed down its first major decision construing the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act last week. The decision is a major victory for those of us who favor a narrow reading of the CFAA. It doesn't answer everything. But it answers a lot. WHAT’S IN THE SENATE’S JAN. 6 REPORT? 1 day ago · Five months after opening an investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, two Senate committees have released a report outlining their factual findings and a series of policy recommendations aimed at correcting the failures that left federal agencies and congressional security officials woefully unprepared for an attack on a joint session of Congress. LAWFARE - HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICESTOPICSREVIEWS AND ESSAYSAEGISRESOURCE PAGESSPECIAL FEATURESAUMF Jan. 6, 2021 Violence in the Capitol Presidential Immunity, the First Amendment and the Capitol Riot Bryce Klehm, Alan Z. Rozenshtein Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 3:01 PM BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER As illustrated by the new EO, the procurement power not only can help the government protect itself but also can have spillover benefits for other entities (insofar as contract counterparties are motivated to alter products or services that are purchased LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY Lawfare Live: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity. By Bryce Klehm. Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN LEARN TO SEE THE FUTURE Traditionally, the U.S. government relies on qualitative expert analysis, scenario-planning exercises and war games to assess the world. U.S. intelligence analysts play a critical role in informing policy decisions and help to keep the country and the world safe. Even in the best case, however, expert judgments often have limits because

of

WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office COMPILING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOLLOWING THE CAPITOL RIOT Compiling the Criminal Charges Following the Capitol Riot. On Jan. 6, a violent mob entered the United States Capitol Building during the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers and congressional staff to flee to safe locations. UNDERSTANDING THE AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY INTO ADF WAR CRIMES The inspector general of the Australian Defense Force (ADF) released on Nov. 19 a report on its inquiry into allegations of serious misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, including accusations of war crimes. The report paints a brutal picture of the Australian special forces’ conduct in Afghanistan as part of the American-led military coalition that has been active in the WHICH STATES SUPPORT THE 'UNWILLING AND UNABLE' TEST As readers of Lawfare know, a growing number of States believe that use of force in self-defense against a non-state actor on the territory of a third State, without the consent of that third State, may be lawful under international law if the non-state actor has undertaken an armed attack against the State and the third State is itself unwilling or unable to address the threat posed by the LAWFARE - HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICESTOPICSREVIEWS AND ESSAYSAEGISRESOURCE PAGESSPECIAL FEATURESAUMF Jan. 6, 2021 Violence in the Capitol Presidential Immunity, the First Amendment and the Capitol Riot Bryce Klehm, Alan Z. Rozenshtein Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 3:01 PM BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER As illustrated by the new EO, the procurement power not only can help the government protect itself but also can have spillover benefits for other entities (insofar as contract counterparties are motivated to alter products or services that are purchased LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY Lawfare Live: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity. By Bryce Klehm. Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN LEARN TO SEE THE FUTURE Traditionally, the U.S. government relies on qualitative expert analysis, scenario-planning exercises and war games to assess the world. U.S. intelligence analysts play a critical role in informing policy decisions and help to keep the country and the world safe. Even in the best case, however, expert judgments often have limits because

of

WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office COMPILING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOLLOWING THE CAPITOL RIOT Compiling the Criminal Charges Following the Capitol Riot. On Jan. 6, a violent mob entered the United States Capitol Building during the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers and congressional staff to flee to safe locations. UNDERSTANDING THE AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY INTO ADF WAR CRIMES The inspector general of the Australian Defense Force (ADF) released on Nov. 19 a report on its inquiry into allegations of serious misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, including accusations of war crimes. The report paints a brutal picture of the Australian special forces’ conduct in Afghanistan as part of the American-led military coalition that has been active in the WHICH STATES SUPPORT THE 'UNWILLING AND UNABLE' TEST As readers of Lawfare know, a growing number of States believe that use of force in self-defense against a non-state actor on the territory of a third State, without the consent of that third State, may be lawful under international law if the non-state actor has undertaken an armed attack against the State and the third State is itself unwilling or unable to address the threat posed by the TODAY’S HEADLINES AND COMMENTARY 1 day ago · In a 68-32 vote, the Senate passed a bill yesterday that commits approximately $250 billion to foment scientific research and development in the United States as part of the technological competition with China, reports the New York Times. The bill intends to galvanize research on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics and

biotechnologies.

DID 2020 BREAK THE INTERNET? 1 day ago · The coronavirus pandemic led to the abrupt transition of all aspects of life in cyberspace. Beginning in early March 2020, students adapted to remote learning, white-collar professionals adjusted to indefinite work-from-home policies, doctors conducted telehealth appointments, online workouts soared in popularity, and television binge-watching skyrocketed. TIKTOK, WECHAT, AND BIDEN’S NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER: WHAT YOU 1 day ago · President Biden has issued an executive order revoking the sanctions President Trump famously imposed in August 2020 on TikTok and on WeChat (as well as less publicized sanctions added to other Chinese “connected software applications” in January 2021). But these companies should not celebrate Biden’s move too much. The sanctions may yet return, and with a stronger foundation. THE LAWFARE PODCAST: THE EMPIRE (FACEBOOK) STRIKES BACK 10 hours ago · If you’ve listened to this show, you've probably read a fair number of news stories—and maybe even listened to some podcast episodes—about the Facebook Oversight Board’s recent ruling on the platform’s decision to ban President Trump’s account. The board temporarily allowed Facebook to keep Trump off the platform, but criticized the slapdash way Facebook made that call and

provided

HOW TO START DISRUPTING CRYPTOCURRENCIES: “MINING” IS 1 day ago · Bitcoin arrived on the scene just two years after the iPhone, and in that time it has helped facilitate a whole lot of bad things. All cryptocurrency assets, not just Bitcoin, are zero sum. So every dollar “made” in cryptocurrency was simply provided by someone else. And any volatile WHAT’S IN THE SENATE’S JAN. 6 REPORT? 23 hours ago · Five months after opening an investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, two Senate committees have released a report outlining their factual findings and a series of policy recommendations aimed at correcting the failures that left federal agencies and congressional security officials woefully unprepared for an attack on a joint session of Congress. RATIONAL SECURITY: THE 'I’M NOT SAYING IT’S ALIENS 21 hours ago · Jen Patja Howell is the editor and producer of The Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders in Virginia by promoting constitutional literacy, critical thinking, and civic

engagement.

CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERRIDE STATE GOVERNMENT RULES A wary president is eyeing the economic fallout from movement restrictions intended to flatten the COVID-19 curve and is calling for a “return to business” sooner rather than later. But those restrictions flow primarily from rules promulgated by state governors, county commissioners and mayors—not from the federal government. HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RELEASES TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW 23 hours ago · The House Judiciary Committee released a transcript of its interview with Donald McGahn, former President Trump's White House Counsel. McGahn was interviewed behind closed doors on June 4, 2021, as part of an agreement following a legal battle regarding his testimony that began over two years ago. The committee originally sought his testimony regarding President Trump's THE SUCCESSES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL 22 hours ago · The Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee conducted a joint probe, and this week, they released their own joint report on the events of Jan. 6. The document is both a useful record and profoundly incomplete. LAWFARE - HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICESTOPICSREVIEWS AND ESSAYSAEGISRESOURCE PAGESSPECIAL FEATURESAUMF Jan. 6, 2021 Violence in the Capitol Presidential Immunity, the First Amendment and the Capitol Riot Bryce Klehm, Alan Z. Rozenshtein Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 3:01 PM BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER As illustrated by the new EO, the procurement power not only can help the government protect itself but also can have spillover benefits for other entities (insofar as contract counterparties are motivated to alter products or services that are purchased LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY Lawfare Live: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity. By Bryce Klehm. Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN LEARN TO SEE THE FUTURE Traditionally, the U.S. government relies on qualitative expert analysis, scenario-planning exercises and war games to assess the world. U.S. intelligence analysts play a critical role in informing policy decisions and help to keep the country and the world safe. Even in the best case, however, expert judgments often have limits because

of

WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office COMPILING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOLLOWING THE CAPITOL RIOT Compiling the Criminal Charges Following the Capitol Riot. On Jan. 6, a violent mob entered the United States Capitol Building during the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers and congressional staff to flee to safe locations. UNDERSTANDING THE AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY INTO ADF WAR CRIMES The inspector general of the Australian Defense Force (ADF) released on Nov. 19 a report on its inquiry into allegations of serious misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, including accusations of war crimes. The report paints a brutal picture of the Australian special forces’ conduct in Afghanistan as part of the American-led military coalition that has been active in the WHICH STATES SUPPORT THE 'UNWILLING AND UNABLE' TEST As readers of Lawfare know, a growing number of States believe that use of force in self-defense against a non-state actor on the territory of a third State, without the consent of that third State, may be lawful under international law if the non-state actor has undertaken an armed attack against the State and the third State is itself unwilling or unable to address the threat posed by the LAWFARE - HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICESTOPICSREVIEWS AND ESSAYSAEGISRESOURCE PAGESSPECIAL FEATURESAUMF Jan. 6, 2021 Violence in the Capitol Presidential Immunity, the First Amendment and the Capitol Riot Bryce Klehm, Alan Z. Rozenshtein Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 3:01 PM BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER As illustrated by the new EO, the procurement power not only can help the government protect itself but also can have spillover benefits for other entities (insofar as contract counterparties are motivated to alter products or services that are purchased LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY Lawfare Live: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity. By Bryce Klehm. Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN LEARN TO SEE THE FUTURE Traditionally, the U.S. government relies on qualitative expert analysis, scenario-planning exercises and war games to assess the world. U.S. intelligence analysts play a critical role in informing policy decisions and help to keep the country and the world safe. Even in the best case, however, expert judgments often have limits because

of

WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office COMPILING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOLLOWING THE CAPITOL RIOT Compiling the Criminal Charges Following the Capitol Riot. On Jan. 6, a violent mob entered the United States Capitol Building during the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers and congressional staff to flee to safe locations. UNDERSTANDING THE AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY INTO ADF WAR CRIMES The inspector general of the Australian Defense Force (ADF) released on Nov. 19 a report on its inquiry into allegations of serious misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, including accusations of war crimes. The report paints a brutal picture of the Australian special forces’ conduct in Afghanistan as part of the American-led military coalition that has been active in the WHICH STATES SUPPORT THE 'UNWILLING AND UNABLE' TEST As readers of Lawfare know, a growing number of States believe that use of force in self-defense against a non-state actor on the territory of a third State, without the consent of that third State, may be lawful under international law if the non-state actor has undertaken an armed attack against the State and the third State is itself unwilling or unable to address the threat posed by the TODAY’S HEADLINES AND COMMENTARY 1 day ago · In a 68-32 vote, the Senate passed a bill yesterday that commits approximately $250 billion to foment scientific research and development in the United States as part of the technological competition with China, reports the New York Times. The bill intends to galvanize research on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics and

biotechnologies.

DID 2020 BREAK THE INTERNET? 1 day ago · The coronavirus pandemic led to the abrupt transition of all aspects of life in cyberspace. Beginning in early March 2020, students adapted to remote learning, white-collar professionals adjusted to indefinite work-from-home policies, doctors conducted telehealth appointments, online workouts soared in popularity, and television binge-watching skyrocketed. TIKTOK, WECHAT, AND BIDEN’S NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER: WHAT YOU 1 day ago · President Biden has issued an executive order revoking the sanctions President Trump famously imposed in August 2020 on TikTok and on WeChat (as well as less publicized sanctions added to other Chinese “connected software applications” in January 2021). But these companies should not celebrate Biden’s move too much. The sanctions may yet return, and with a stronger foundation. THE LAWFARE PODCAST: THE EMPIRE (FACEBOOK) STRIKES BACK 9 hours ago · If you’ve listened to this show, you've probably read a fair number of news stories—and maybe even listened to some podcast episodes—about the Facebook Oversight Board’s recent ruling on the platform’s decision to ban President Trump’s account. The board temporarily allowed Facebook to keep Trump off the platform, but criticized the slapdash way Facebook made that call and

provided

HOW TO START DISRUPTING CRYPTOCURRENCIES: “MINING” IS 1 day ago · Bitcoin arrived on the scene just two years after the iPhone, and in that time it has helped facilitate a whole lot of bad things. All cryptocurrency assets, not just Bitcoin, are zero sum. So every dollar “made” in cryptocurrency was simply provided by someone else. And any volatile WHAT’S IN THE SENATE’S JAN. 6 REPORT? 22 hours ago · Five months after opening an investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, two Senate committees have released a report outlining their factual findings and a series of policy recommendations aimed at correcting the failures that left federal agencies and congressional security officials woefully unprepared for an attack on a joint session of Congress. RATIONAL SECURITY: THE 'I’M NOT SAYING IT’S ALIENS 20 hours ago · Jen Patja Howell is the editor and producer of The Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders in Virginia by promoting constitutional literacy, critical thinking, and civic

engagement.

CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERRIDE STATE GOVERNMENT RULES A wary president is eyeing the economic fallout from movement restrictions intended to flatten the COVID-19 curve and is calling for a “return to business” sooner rather than later. But those restrictions flow primarily from rules promulgated by state governors, county commissioners and mayors—not from the federal government. HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RELEASES TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW 22 hours ago · The House Judiciary Committee released a transcript of its interview with Donald McGahn, former President Trump's White House Counsel. McGahn was interviewed behind closed doors on June 4, 2021, as part of an agreement following a legal battle regarding his testimony that began over two years ago. The committee originally sought his testimony regarding President Trump's THE SUCCESSES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL 21 hours ago · The Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee conducted a joint probe, and this week, they released their own joint report on the events of Jan. 6. The document is both a useful record and profoundly incomplete. LAWFARE - HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICESTOPICSREVIEWS AND ESSAYSAEGISRESOURCE PAGESSPECIAL FEATURESAUMF Jan. 6, 2021 Violence in the Capitol Presidential Immunity, the First Amendment and the Capitol Riot Bryce Klehm, Alan Z. Rozenshtein Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 3:01 PM THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic

Council, will join

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cryptocurrencies.

BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic

Council, will join

BIDEN'S ASIA-PACIFIC REBALANCING PUSH Editor’s Note: For almost two decades, and through the administrations of three very different presidents, the United States has tried to focus more on Asia and less on the Middle East.This change has proved easy in theory but hard in practice. Ali Wyne, of the Eurasia Group, describes past U.S. efforts to shift away from the Middle East toward Asia and argues that it is critical for the WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office

DISINFORMATION

On Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 12:00 p.m., the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee and the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on social media's role in promoting extremism and misinformation. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER Yesterday evening, the Biden administration released its much-anticipated “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” It is tempting to yawn; every administration in recent memory has done something of this kind, after all, and not always to significant effect. But this COVID-19 LAWSUITS AGAINST CHINA I have an op-ed in today’s Washington Post entitled "Suing China Over the Coronavirus Won't Help: Here's What Can Work" about the spate of class action lawsuits against China relating to the novel coronavirus and legislation proposed by Senators Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley (among others), apparently based on the 2016 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), to strip China of its PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NDAA SIGNING STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO On Wednesday, November 25th, President Barack Obama signed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act into law. In addition to the added and renewed restrictions (sections 1031 and 1032) on the president's ability to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States for continued detention, the bill includes two provisions limiting the interrogation activities of agents of the U.S TODAY’S HEADLINES AND COMMENTARY 18 hours ago · In a 68-32 vote, the Senate passed a bill yesterday that commits approximately $250 billion to foment scientific research and development in the United States as part of the technological competition with China, reports the New York Times. The bill intends to galvanize research on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics and DID 2020 BREAK THE INTERNET? 21 hours ago · The coronavirus pandemic led to the abrupt transition of all aspects of life in cyberspace. Beginning in early March 2020, students adapted to remote learning, white-collar professionals adjusted to indefinite work-from-home policies, doctors conducted telehealth appointments, online workouts soared in popularity, and television binge-watching skyrocketed. TIKTOK, WECHAT, AND BIDEN’S NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER: WHAT YOU 18 hours ago · President Biden has issued an executive order revoking the sanctions President Trump famously imposed in August 2020 on TikTok and on WeChat (as well as less publicized sanctions added to other Chinese “connected software applications” in January 2021). But these companies should not celebrate Biden’s move too much. The sanctions may yet return, and with a stronger foundation. THE LAWFARE PODCAST: THE EMPIRE (FACEBOOK) STRIKES BACK 3 hours ago · If you’ve listened to this show, you've probably read a fair number of news stories—and maybe even listened to some podcast episodes—about the Facebook Oversight Board’s recent ruling on the platform’s decision to ban President Trump’s account. The board temporarily allowed Facebook to keep Trump off the platform, but criticized the slapdash way Facebook made that call and

provided

HOW TO START DISRUPTING CRYPTOCURRENCIES: “MINING” IS 1 day ago · Bitcoin arrived on the scene just two years after the iPhone, and in that time it has helped facilitate a whole lot of bad things. All cryptocurrency assets, not just Bitcoin, are zero sum. So every dollar “made” in cryptocurrency was simply provided by someone else. And any volatile THE LAWFARE PODCAST: MICHEL PARADIS ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 1 day ago · For years, Congress and the Defense Department have debated how best to handle the pernicious problem of sexual assault in the military. Now, a bipartisan majority in the Senate appears to have settled on a set of reforms that would make unprecedented changes to the military justice system. But do these changes actually get at the root cause of the military sexual assault THE SUPREME COURT REINS IN THE CFAA IN VAN BUREN 11 hours ago · The Supreme Court handed down its first major decision construing the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act last week. The decision is a major victory for those of us who favor a narrow reading of the CFAA. It doesn't answer everything. But it answers a lot. RATIONAL SECURITY: THE 'I’M NOT SAYING IT’S ALIENS 14 hours ago · Jen Patja Howell is the editor and producer of The Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders in Virginia by promoting constitutional literacy, critical thinking, and civic

engagement.

WHAT’S IN THE SENATE’S JAN. 6 REPORT? 16 hours ago · Five months after opening an investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, two Senate committees have released a report outlining their factual findings and a series of policy recommendations aimed at correcting the failures that left federal agencies and congressional security officials woefully unprepared for an attack on a joint session of Congress. THE SUCCESSES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL 15 hours ago · The Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee conducted a joint probe, and this week, they released their own joint report on the events of Jan. 6. The document is both a useful record and profoundly incomplete. LAWFARE - HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICESTOPICSREVIEWS AND ESSAYSAEGISRESOURCE PAGESSPECIAL FEATURESAUMF Hard National Security Choices. Cyber & Technology Supreme Court Rules in Van Buren v. United States Christiana Wayne Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 1:06 PM; civilian casualties TODAY’S HEADLINES AND COMMENTARY 2 minutes ago · In a 68-32 vote, the Senate passed a bill yesterday that commits approximately $250 billion to foment scientific research and development in the United States as part of the technological competition with China, reports the New York Times. The bill intends to galvanize research on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics and THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY Lawfare Live: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity. By Bryce Klehm. Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under BIDEN'S ASIA-PACIFIC REBALANCING PUSH Daniel Byman. One of the Biden administration’s foremost challenges, and greatest opportunities, will be to cement a strategic shift that prior administrations have struggled to effect for the past two decades—rebalancing U.S. foreign policy away from the convulsions of the Middle East toward the resurgence of the Asia-Pacific. WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office

DISINFORMATION

Eve Gaumond Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 8:01 AM. Canada does seem to be better off than the U.S. in shielding its electoral system from floods of disinformation. But whether that’s the result of Canada’s different free speech tradition, or, its lower-stakes political environment and more easygoing political culture, is not at all clear. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER As illustrated by the new EO, the procurement power not only can help the government protect itself but also can have spillover benefits for other entities (insofar as contract counterparties are motivated to alter products or services that are purchased PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NDAA SIGNING STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO On Wednesday, November 25th, President Barack Obama signed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act into law. In addition to the added and renewed restrictions (sections 1031 and 1032) on the president's ability to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States for continued detention, the bill includes two provisions limiting the interrogation activities of agents of the U.S LAWFARE - HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICESTOPICSREVIEWS AND ESSAYSAEGISRESOURCE PAGESSPECIAL FEATURESAUMF Hard National Security Choices. Cyber & Technology Supreme Court Rules in Van Buren v. United States Christiana Wayne Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 1:06 PM; civilian casualties TODAY’S HEADLINES AND COMMENTARY 2 minutes ago · In a 68-32 vote, the Senate passed a bill yesterday that commits approximately $250 billion to foment scientific research and development in the United States as part of the technological competition with China, reports the New York Times. The bill intends to galvanize research on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics and THE RANSOMWARE PROBLEM IS A BITCOIN PROBLEM The best way to deal with this new era of big-game ransomware will involve not just securing computer systems or prosecuting criminals, but disrupting the one payment channel capable of moving millions at a time outside of money laundering laws: Bitcoin and other

cryptocurrencies.

BELARUS AND THE HIJACKING OF RYANAIR FLIGHT FR4978: A News broke on Sunday about a mid-air diversion of a plane flying over eastern Europe, followed by an emergency landing. This itself would be mildly significant, but when the facts as reported are known, the story attains wider and more dramatic importance about several issues: the freedom of political protest, authoritarian rule in isolationist parts of the world and the rule of law in LAWFARE LIVE: BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CYBERSECURITY Lawfare Live: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity. By Bryce Klehm. Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM. Google+. Reddit. LinkedIn. This Friday, May 21, at 1 p.m. ET, Robert Chesney, Lawfare founding editor and James A. Baker III Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, and Trey Herr, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under BIDEN'S ASIA-PACIFIC REBALANCING PUSH Daniel Byman. One of the Biden administration’s foremost challenges, and greatest opportunities, will be to cement a strategic shift that prior administrations have struggled to effect for the past two decades—rebalancing U.S. foreign policy away from the convulsions of the Middle East toward the resurgence of the Asia-Pacific. WHY THE MCGAHN AGREEMENT IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR Over two years ago, the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election focused the spotlight on President Trump’s longtime White House counsel, Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel’s office

DISINFORMATION

Eve Gaumond Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 8:01 AM. Canada does seem to be better off than the U.S. in shielding its electoral system from floods of disinformation. But whether that’s the result of Canada’s different free speech tradition, or, its lower-stakes political environment and more easygoing political culture, is not at all clear. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER As illustrated by the new EO, the procurement power not only can help the government protect itself but also can have spillover benefits for other entities (insofar as contract counterparties are motivated to alter products or services that are purchased PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NDAA SIGNING STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO On Wednesday, November 25th, President Barack Obama signed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act into law. In addition to the added and renewed restrictions (sections 1031 and 1032) on the president's ability to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States for continued detention, the bill includes two provisions limiting the interrogation activities of agents of the U.S TODAY’S HEADLINES AND COMMENTARY 2 minutes ago · In a 68-32 vote, the Senate passed a bill yesterday that commits approximately $250 billion to foment scientific research and development in the United States as part of the technological competition with China, reports the New York Times. The bill intends to galvanize research on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics and TODAY’S HEADLINES AND COMMENTARY 22 hours ago · A Senate investigation found that the U.S. Capitol Police had intelligence foreshadowing potential violence at the Capitol as early as Dec. 21, reports the Washington Post. The report—issued by the Senate Rules and Administration and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees—maintains that in the weeks preceding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Capitol

Police

DID 2020 BREAK THE INTERNET? 2 hours ago · The coronavirus pandemic led to the abrupt transition of all aspects of life in cyberspace. Beginning in early March 2020, students adapted to remote learning, white-collar professionals adjusted to indefinite work-from-home policies, doctors conducted telehealth appointments, online workouts soared in popularity, and television binge-watching skyrocketed. PRESERVING LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THROUGH 1 day ago · To many in Washington, the rise of China and the revanchism of Russia herald the return of great power competition. To many more, including the United States’s allies and partners, whose proximity to Russia and China necessitate a hyperfocus on great power competition, President Biden’s announcement that “America is back” is a welcome opportunity to fend off the erosion of HOW TO START DISRUPTING CRYPTOCURRENCIES: “MINING” IS 5 hours ago · Bitcoin arrived on the scene just two years after the iPhone, and in that time it has helped facilitate a whole lot of bad things. All cryptocurrency assets, not just Bitcoin, are zero sum. So every dollar “made” in cryptocurrency was simply provided by someone else. And any volatile THE CYBERLAW PODCAST: TRANSATLANTIC DRIFT 21 hours ago · The Biden administration is pissing away one of the United States’ most important counterterrorism intelligence programs. At least that’s my conclusion from this episode’s depressing review of the administrations halting and delusion-filled approach to the transatlantic data crisis. The EU thinks time is on its side, and it’s ignoring Jamil Jaffer’s heartfelt plea to be a

better ally

THE LAWFARE PODCAST: MICHEL PARADIS ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 8 hours ago · For years, Congress and the Defense Department have debated how best to handle the pernicious problem of sexual assault in the military. Now, a bipartisan majority in the Senate appears to have settled on a set of reforms that would make unprecedented changes to the military justice system. But do these changes actually get at the root cause of the military sexual assault NEW SENATE REPORT DETAILS JAN. 6 FAILURES 1 day ago · On June 8, the Senate Rules and Administration and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees issued a joint report outlining the intelligence, security and communications failures that precipitated the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. The 127-page report, a product of a bipartisan Senate investigation, provides the most comprehensive account and timeline to THE INVISIBLE RULES THAT GOVERN POLICE USE OF FORCE 1 day ago · In use-of-force trainings, police departments impose hard and fast rules on their officers despite departmental claims that such rules are unworkable. These rules, invisible to the public, often distribute risks of harm to the very civilians police are sworn to

protect.

LAWFARE LIVE: MOLLY REYNOLDS AND QUINTA JURECIC ON THE 22 hours ago · This Friday, June 11, at 12:30 p.m. ET, Molly Reynolds, senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, and Quinta Jurecic, fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, will join Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes to discuss the Senate’s first, and perhaps only, report on the events of Jan. 6 jointly issued by the Committee on Rules and

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