The notion of law enforcement as professional, not political, began developing as an aspiration and an ethos even while, in practice, the FBI was the personal fiefdom of J. Edgar Hoover. — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
Reasonable people can disagree about the authorities the NSA should have, when it's appropriate for the CIA to use drone strikes, and how assertive… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
I'm a rationalist and a skeptic, someone who safely separates faith from reason. — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
I'm an unabashed apologist for strong national-security authority. That's why I might be more alarmed by Trump. — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
If you believe, as I do, that the scope and range of presidential authority is great, that puts a lot of weight on the… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
In any long string of letters, one can find countless anomalies that will seem like convincing proofs of hidden meaning to the mind that… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
To get a FISA warrant to spy on a suspected spy, the feds go before a super-secret court located in a sealed room in… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
One effect of Roe was to mobilize a permanent constituency for criminalizing abortion - a constituency that has driven much of the southern realignment… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind that Article II limits to a considerable degree the application of the obstruction statutes to the president… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
It might seem perverse for honestly religious people to group their faiths with those of the sadists and megalomaniacs who run most cults, but… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
