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Benjamin Wittes

Benjamin Wittes is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, the editor in chief of Lawfare and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Benjamin Wittes is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, the editor in chief of Lawfare and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Oversight

Analysis: The Oversight Wars Are Not Going Away

Impeachment may be over, but other skirmishes between Trump and the House will come to a head over the next few months.

Management

Analysis: The Crime of Doing the Right Thing

The former National Security Council staffer Alexander Vindman joins the club of honorable people whom the president has targeted for telling the truth.

Management

Viewpoint: If the Witnesses Could Exonerate Trump, Why Aren’t They Testifying?

Trump’s defenders suggest that White House aides could exculpate the president—but the evidence suggests otherwise.

Management

Mueller Is Laying Siege to the Trump Presidency

It won’t be a single news event that takes down the president.

Oversight

Analysis: The Flaw in Trump's Obstruction-of-Justice Defense

The president isn’t above the law, whatever his lawyers may claim—but prosecutors will face an unusually high burden to prove any misconduct.

Defense

How Obama decides your fate if he thinks you're a terrorist

A look inside the "disposition matrix" that determines when -- or if -- the administration will pursue a suspected militant