The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Why that Atlantic Scoop is a Big F-ing Deal I swear I planned to write about something totally unconnected to Trump this week, but today came that bombshell reported by The Atlantic Chief Editor Jeffrey Goldberg about Hegseth giving him war pla...

"Leadership often means assuming responsibility. We take care of business. We take care of our followers. The Trump Administration does not believe in responsibility.” Important analysis from @michaelshurkin.bsky.social

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Thankfully, the whack-a-mole approach isn't an issue with these Chinese companies based on how Congress drafted the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

Now we just need to fix the sanctions on Chinese military companies.

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The Year That Was (2024) The issues—and Lawfare coverage—that kept our editors up at night in 2024.

2024 was a long year—and we covered it all. Lawfare contributors looked back on the major events that occurred this year in the diverse range of the security landscape, from the Israel-Gaza War to AI to the Trump trials. It’s The Year That Was: 2024. www.lawfaremedia.org/resources/la...

Nixon never dreamed of an FBI director as corrupt and dangerous as Kash Patel would be—and Nixon appointed an FBI director who literally burned sensitive Watergate files he had hidden in his closet.

Harmonizing Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure After Loper Bright The SEC’s cyber disclosure rule underscores the need for regulatory harmonization post-Loper Bright. CISA’s rules offer a solution.

"CISA’s clear statutory authority under CIRCIA provides a firm foundation for a singular, well-regulated cyber rule and for directing meaningful changes to harmonize other rules," write Francesca Lockhart and Karl Lockhart.

Excellent🧵by @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social. Let the prez power litigation begin.

1/ It’s going to be a wild ride for executive power during Trump 2.0. Here is a quick list of important issues where executive power is likely to be pushed hard, rethought, resisted, and/or, when possible, litigated. What am I missing?

This thoughtful piece by Bob Bauer reminds me of what I wrote in "After Trump" in the Fall of 2020 -- before J6, before the classified documents imbroglio, before the Smith indictments. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/did-...

Trump says the Dep’t of Gov’t Efficiency (DOGE) "will provide advice and guidance from outside of Government.” DOGE will thus be a Federal Advisory Committee, 5 USC App. 3, and subject to transparency and recordkeeping requirements, see 5 USC App. 10. Should be fun to behold.

The Situation: Gaetz and Gabbard, Adjournment and Recess Will the Senate even get to vote on Trump’s bizarre national security nominees?

@benjaminwittes.bsky.social discusses the possibility of Trump using the presidential adjournment power to recess-appoint Cabinet officials, bypassing the Senate's confirmation process for his national security nominees.