Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to den…

- Benjamin Wittes

You know, you don't get to survive that long without making some compromises.

- Benjamin Wittes

There is nothing normal about removing the FBI director, as a general matter. It's an extraordinary measure. This is an office that is typically serv…

- Benjamin Wittes

Trump fired Jim Comey because the most dangerous thing in the world, if you are Donald Trump, is a person who tells the truth, is dogged, you can't c…

- Benjamin Wittes

When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers a…

- Benjamin Wittes

As a general matter, if the president wants to withdraw from a treaty, he simply gets to do that. And that's part of the powers of the office.

- Benjamin Wittes

Recommended additon to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: "A right to not have your data rise up and attack you."

- Benjamin Wittes

Comey really spent an enormous amount of energy in the period in which both he and Trump were in office trying to protect the FBI from political inte…

- Benjamin Wittes