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Abrego Garcia v. Noem: A Hearing Diary, Oct. 10

A live-blog of the evidentiary hearing on whether Abrego is being unlawfully detained for punitive and political reasons.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 23h

ICYMI: On Oct. 10, Judge Paula Xinis held an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s habeas corpus case to determine whether the government is unlawfully detaining him for punitive and political reasons.

Read @rparloff.bsky.social's play-by-play of the hearing below

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d

And read @sranderson.bsky.social's "How the 2002 Iraq AUMF Got to Be So Dangerous, Part 2: Interpretation and Implications" here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d

Read @sranderson.bsky.social's "How the 2002 Iraq AUMF Got to Be So Dangerous, Part 1: History and Practice" here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d

On Thursday, the Senate unanimously endorsed amendments to the NDAA and seem set to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs.

To better understand the arguments for repeal, revisit Senior Editor @sranderson.bsky.social's two-part series, "How the 2002 Iraq AUMF Got to Be So Dangerous" below ⬇️

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d

ICYMI: Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Loren Voss, @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @ericcolumbus.bsky.social discuss the legal challenges to the federalization and deployment of National Guard in Portland and Chicago, the criminal prosecution of James Comey, and more.

Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 10

On Oct. 10 at 4pm ET, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Lawfare Public Service Fellow Loren Voss and Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bow...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d

Check out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Isabel Arroyo. www.lawfaremedia.org//article/the...

The Week That Was

Your weekly summary of everything on the site.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1d

HAPPENING IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR at 4pm ET

Trials of the Trump Administration live with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Loren Voss, @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social and @mollyroberts.bsky.social on domestic deployments, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and more ⬇️

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

Tomorrow at 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Loren Voss, @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @ericcolumbus.bsky.social will discuss the legal challenges to the National Guard deployments in Portland and Chicago, the effort to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and more.

Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 10

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

@mollyroberts.bsky.social considers how the Trump administration’s recent communications about the federal shutdown have pushed the boundaries of the Hatch Act, writing that the executive “is testing its ability to pull undisturbed on the levers of government to advance its agenda.”

The Trump Administration Pushes the Hatch Act to its Limits

But whether those boundaries have been breached may not matter in the end.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at the Clop ransomware gang, the U.S. government’s pattern of ignoring state-backed influence operations, Google's new end-to-end encryption for emails, a new security flaw discovered in Unity, and more.

Read the newsletter, from Tom Uren.

Clop is a Big Fish, But Not Worth Hunting

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode where @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @davidsullivan.bsky.social and Rayi Iyer about the evolution of the Trust & Safety field and its relevance to ongoing conversations about how best to govern AI. youtu.be/6irBgNfwmdc?...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

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The Situation: Three Thoughts on the Comey Arraignment

I’ve never seen an arraignment hearing quite like this one.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

In The Situation, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org offers three thoughts on former FBI Director James Comey's arraignment—the likes of which he has never seen before.

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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 2d

The indictment (www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...) actually focuses on a *separate* property from the one prosecutors initially focused on. But DOJ was skeptical of this case, ABC reported, because the Fannie Mae guidelines on "second homes" vs. "investment properties" are so squishy.

James indictment

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

Today, New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia. This indictment comes 2 weeks after James Comey was indicted in the same district. Read the indctment from @TylerMcBrien.com.
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NY Attorney General Letitia James Indicted in Eastern District of Virginia

The charges came two weeks after Lindsey Halligan indicted James Comey, following the forced removal of her predecessor for declining to do so.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

Today Israel and Hamas signed onto the first phase of a ceasefire deal to exchange hostages and prisoners.

Last week, @sranderson.bsky.social sat down with Joel Braunold to discuss what is in the proposed Israel- Gaza peace deal. Listen now: youtube.com/live/g5uOGAj...

Lawfare Live, The Day After: Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza

Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson will speak to Managing Director at S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace Joel Braunold about President Trump...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2d

Tomorrow at 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Loren Voss, @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @ericcolumbus.bsky.social will discuss the legal challenges to the National Guard deployments in Portland and Chicago, the effort to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and more.

Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 10

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 3d

The provisions in this year's NDAA changing how the military acquires and tests weapons would increase waste and undermine the Pentagon’s ability to discern the proper role of emerging technologies like AI in filling capability gaps, write @amostoh.bsky.social and Julia Gledhill.

How Acquisition Reform Could Make Military AI More Expensive and Less Safe

Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining the delivery of safe and effective capabilities.

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Trump Litigation Updates @trumplitigation.lawfaremedia.org · 3d

NEW: A federal judge in Illinois has granted a temporary retraining order which prevents federal agents from using force against journalists. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

1. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,1 their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as “Federal Agents”), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a. Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless
Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.
Defendants may order a Journalist to change location to avoid disrupting law enforcement,

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 3d

Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have all reintroduced “sovereignty cloud” offerings in response to increased European desire for digital sovereignty from the U.S. Arun Sukumar explores how these cloud offerings could have negative consequences for the Global South.

Tech’s ‘Sovereignty Washing’ in Europe Will Ripple in the Global South

Tech companies’ promises of digital sovereignty in Europe warrant skepticism—and could have pernicious impacts on the Global South.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 3d

On Lawfare Daily, Jen Roberts and Sarah Graham joined @jshermcyber.bsky.social to discuss their new report on the global spyware industry, the geographic concentration of key spyware entities, how it has evolved in recent years, and what its future holds. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 4d

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Rational Security: The “F*cked by Five” Edition

Scott Anderson sat down with Tyler McBrien, Daniel Byman, and Loren Voss to talk through the week’s big national security news stories.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 4d

On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @tylermcbrien.com, Daniel Byman, and Loren Voss talked through the week’s big national security news stories, including the domestic deployment of the National Guard across the country, a potential peace deal in the Israel-Gaza War, and more.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 4d

On Sept. 25, Microsoft announced that it would block Israel’s elite intelligence arm from using its cloud service to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinian data. @yberger.bsky.social explores what this step says about Big Tech’s increasing role as "surveillance intermediaries."

Microsoft’s Crackdown on Unit 8200 Reveals Tech’s Intermediary Role

Microsoft’s recent action against Israel’s Unit 8200 demonstrates Big Tech’s growing ability to limit state-operated surveillance practices.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: James Comey pleads not guilty to federal criminal charges, judge sets trial date for Jan. 5

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning from the line outside the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges.

I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

Federal courthouse in EDVA, with line of people out front and a guy holding a “show trial” sign

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