Harvard book store welcomes brookings institution fellows and lawfare co founders susan hennessey and benjamin wittes for a discussion of their. Jan 27, 2020 susan hennessey and benjamin wittes unmaking the presidency. He has also, according to lawfares benjamin wittes, begun to reshape our common understanding of the american presidency itself. He has also, according to lawfare s benjamin wittes, begun to reshape our common understanding of the american presidency itself. He a member of the hoover institutions task force on national security and law and the author or editor of several books on related matters. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Apr 19, 2018 benjamin wittes on comeys new book nprs steve inskeep talks with benjamin wittes of the lawfare website, who has known james comey for several years, about comeys new book and what comey has.
Benjamin wittes has 15 books on goodreads with 3312 ratings. Benjamin wittes, robert chesney, and jack goldsmith employed the word in the name of the lawfare blog, which focuses on national security law and which has explored the term and the debate over what lawfare means and whether it should be considered exclusively a pejorative. Jan 21, 2020 but what are those expectations, where did they come from, and how great is the damage. Lawfares benjamin wittes on president trumps radical. Hennessey is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and a cnn contributor. Harvard book store welcomes brookings institution fellows and lawfare cofounders susan hennessey and benjamin wittes for a discussion of their coauthored book, unmaking the presidency. The future of violence assess the trump presidency as it compares with previous administrations and relates to the writings of founding fathers, such as alexander hamilton. Benjamin wittes whiteknights for lisa page the last refuge. Hennessey is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and cnn contributor. Lawfares benjamin wittes on president trumps radical vision. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Interviews are conducted by jack goldsmith or benjamin wittes, the cochairs of hoovers working group on national security, technology, and law, and take place before a live audience.
I am cofounder and editor in chief of lawfare, which is devoted to nonideological discussion of hard national security choices, and i am a member of the hoover institutions task force on national security and law. Benjamin wittes cofounded lawfare in 2010 with jack goldsmith and robert. Predictably, many of the changes were controversial, and abuses were revealed. The committee will hear from professor noah feldman of harvard law school, professor michael gerhardt of the university of north carolina law school, professor pamela s. L awfare s benjamin wittes, one of the medias favorite donald trump antagonists, took to twitter this weekend to pen a transcendently nonsensical thread comparing the firing of a handful of. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial.
In this book, they situate trumpera scandals and outrages in the deeper context of the. Benjamin wittes is editor in chief of lawfare and a senior fellow in governance studies at the brookings. He is senior fellow at the brookings institution and author of law and the long war and the future of violence, among other books. Jan 21, 2020 as editors of the invaluable the new york times lawfare website, susan hennessey and benjamin wittes have attracted a large audience to their hardhitting and highly informed commentary on the controversies surrounding the trump administration. A kindle ebook from the lawfare institute by the lawfare institute, scott anderson, et al. Professor amanda tyler will welcome susan hennessey and benjamin wittes, executive editor and editor in chief of lawfare, in conversation about their new book unmaking the presidency and its connection to the administrations handling of the covid19 pandemic. Susan hennessey and benjamin wittes discuss unmaking the presidency with fred hiatt source. To find out, benjamin wittes spoke last friday with brookings senior fellow and expert on all things congress, molly reynolds, and brookings fellow, lawfare senior editor, and former chief democratic counsel for the senate foreign relations committee, margaret taylor.
They will be joined in conversation by author and harvard law professor jack goldsmith. Benjamin wittes spoke with margaret taylor, lawfare s congressional guru, about what legislation congress has passed, what legislation congress and the trump administration are considering in relation to the virus, and how congress has responded institutionally. Trump has declared war on the presidency, author says benjamin wittes says trump has changed the presidency fundamentally and were seeing the impact during the covid19 pandemic. I am a senior fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution.
In unmaking the presidency, they dissect donald trumps actions in office, attempt to put them in historical context, and point out places where they have no precedent. Susan hennessey and benjamin wittes events harvard. Coen argued that the novel coronavirus will not stop globalization. Benjamin wittes is a senior fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution and editor in chief of the lawfare blog. Sitting down with with lawfare s benjamin wittes in a crowded room at the brookings institution in washington, d. But what are those expectations, where did they come from, and how great is the damage. The man who made liberals newly enamored of the deep state. Contributing writer at the atlantic and editor in chief of lawfare. As editors of the invaluable the new york times lawfare website, susan hennessey and benjamin wittes have attracted a large audience to their hardhitting and highly informed commentary on the controversies surrounding the trump administration.
The security by the book podcast series features monthly interviews with authors of important, new national securityoriented books and publications. Doing the right thing was vindmans only crime the atlantic. Unmaking the presidency, by susan hennessey and benjamin wittes, situates trumps tenure in the history of the executive branch. For this episode of the lawfare podcast, benjamin wittes spoke with ostovar about the fallout from the soleimani killing, how it is all playing in iran, and why things are so quiet. Donald trumps war on the worlds most powerful office. Hennessey and wittes, who edit the blog lawfare, argue. Benjamin wittes of the lawfare blog is suing trump over. Benjamin wittes is a contributing writer at the atlantic, the editor in chief of lawfare and a senior fellow at the brookings institution. Susan hennessey and benjamin wittes events harvard book store. He works principally on issues related to american law and national. Like many other analysts and authors in the national security sphere, wittes was kept busy by the mueller report the subject of a recent lawfare podcast, the report. Benjamin wittes s most popular book is the future of violence. The irgc has been in the news of late because of the killing of the head of the quds force of the revolutionary guard corps, qassem soleimani. Discover book depositorys huge selection of benjamin wittes books online.
He cofounded and is the editorinchief of the lawfare blog, which is devoted to sober and serious discussion of hard national security choices, and is a member of the hoover institutions task force on national security and law. President trump has not just violated the norms of his office with haphazard foreign policy, vindictive impulses and counterfactual narratives. Benjamin wittes is editor in chief of lawfare and a senior fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution. He is senior fellow at the brookings institution, and a law analyst for nbc news and msnbc. Benjamin wittes is a senior fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution. The lawfare podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. In a post on lawfare on january 28, 2017, reacting to executive order 769, wittes characterized the trump. He cofounded and is the editorinchief of lawfare, which is devoted to sober and. They feel that the traditional presidency, for all of its limitations and flaws, still requires a defense. Donald trumps war on the worlds most powerful office, brookings senior fellows susan hennessey and benjamin wittes tell the story of the.
Brookings institution and author of law and the long war and the future of violence, among other books. Hennessey and benjamin wittes are executive editor and editor in chief of lawfare. May 19, 2017 yesterday, a friend of james comey by the name of benjamin wittes, editor and writer for lawfare blog, now steps out and admits he was one of the primary sources for the new york times comey memo article michael schmidt. Susan hennessey and benjamin wittes have written an important book. Benjamin wittes on comeys new book nprs steve inskeep talks with benjamin wittes of the lawfare website, who has known james comey for several years, about comeys new book and what comey has. Being fired by trump does not make you a holocaust victim.
Benjamin wittes cofounded lawfare in 2010 with jack goldsmith and robert chesney. Benjamin wittes was born november 5, 1969 in boston, massachusetts, and graduated from oberlin college in 1990. Jan 27, 2020 benjamin wittes is the editor in chief of lawfare. Robots and germs, hackers and drones confronting a new age of threat basic books, cowritten with gabriella blum. Wittes both edited the book and contributed to a chapter with stuart taylor jr. On wikipedia, lawfare, blogs, and sources harvardnsj.
Hennessey and wittes the future of violence, editors of national security website lawfare, deliver a penetrating partisan analysis of president trumps first term in office. Trump has declared war on the presidency, author says. Books by benjamin wittes author of the future of violence. Articles by benjamin wittes lawfare journalist muck rack. A former editorial writer for the washington post specializing in legal affairs, he currently writes a column for the new republic online and is a contributing editor for the atlantic monthly. He is a senior fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution, where he is the research director in public law, and codirector of the harvard law school brookings project on law and security. On monday, jim sat down with benjamin wittes to discuss his work on the subject. Find benjamin wittes s email address, contact information, linkedin, twitter, other social media and more. How trump is remaking the highest office in his own image. On may 18, 2017, lawfare s editorinchief benjamin wittes was the principal source of an extensive new york times report about president trumps interactions with fbi director james comey, and how those interactions related to comeys subsequent firing.
Unmaking the presidency audiobook by susan hennessey. Wittes also provided a 25minute interview to pbs newshour on the same subject. Feb 05, 2020 unmaking the presidency, by susan hennessey and benjamin wittes, situates trumps tenure in the history of the executive branch. Unmaking the presidency by susan hennessey, benjamin wittes. His upcoming book, coauthored with lawfare executive editor susan hennessey, focuses on trumps unmaking of the presidency. Benjamin wittes whiteknights for lisa page the last. Benjamin wittess most popular book is the future of violence.
Benjamin wittes of the lawfare blog is suing trump over his lies about terrorism. The lawfare podcast listen to podcasts on demand free tunein. Susan hennessey and benjamin wittes unmaking the presidency. Benjamin wittes is a fellow and research director in public law at the brookings institution. Now its just, like, benjamin wittes, whos a friend of jim comeys. He joined benjamin wittes in the virtual jungle studio to discuss inspector general michael horowitzs shocking report on inaccuracy in fisa applications, and the problems at the fbi that led to these errors. Susan hennessey and benjamin wittes are executive editor and editor in chief of lawfare. Wittes is senior fellow at the brookings institution and author of law and the long war and the future of violence. Comey friend, benjamin wittes, outs himself as source for. The lawfare podcast listen to podcasts on demand free. In his new book unmaking the presidency, wittes argues that trump has stripped the office of. Jen patja howell shared an episode of the lawfare podcast. Lawfare editorinchief benjamin wittes joins host charlie sykes to discuss the rollout of andrew mccabes new book, a look at his tenure at the fbi, and an update on the mueller investigation and president trumps transparent efforts to discredit law enforcement and his investigators.
Benjamin wittes born november 5, 1969 is an american journalist who focuses on issues of. His books include law and the long war, the future of violence, and his most recent, unmaking the presidency. Americans are rediscovering the power of federal and state governments to enforce quarantine and. Wittes, 47, a fellow at the brookings institution, cofounded the website lawfare in 2010. Harvard book store welcomes brookings institution fellows and lawfare cofounders susan hennessey and benjamin wittes for a discussion of their. Lawfare website, susan hennessey and benjamin wittes have attracted a large audience to their hardhitting and highly informed commentary on the controversies surrounding the trump administration. He works principally on issues related to american law.
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