Lawfare Senior Editor - MS NOW National Security and Intelligence Analyst - Former FBI Special Agent - Current Bon Vivant/Borderline Rouéhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mjfya2httk2tFor what it’s worth, I’m quite sure that Vatican City has a lower crime rate than the United States, and that none of the Swiss Guard have murdered any protestors of late.13 Apr 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfya2httk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mjfvvm64ds2tI’ll settle for him not asking, “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?” [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfvvm64ds2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mjfoyismes2tLet’s see if these are as helpful for ex-government types as they were for Bowie and Eno.13 Apr 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfoyismes2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mjdire4aks2sHope springs eternal in the human breast. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdire4aks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mjcusnfywk2t@yaqiu.bsky.social is right, and for reasons that many of you will understand, it sets my teeth on edge. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcusnfywk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mjcclwwqqk2pI try and read the children’s classics to the little guy, but when we get to this page, I can’t help but deliver a disquisition on Samuel Fuller’s filmography and the controversy over his late career movie “White Dog.”12 Apr 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcclwwqqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mjafvf555k26This is obviously said with a bit of snark, but in a seriousness, I’m glad Anthropic is actually thinking about the philosophical and theological ramifications of what they’re doing, and wish their competitors were also this probing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjafvf555k26https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mjafrhqul226Given the rhetoric of so many of its supporters, I think AI falls more into the category of a graven image.11 Apr 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjafrhqul226https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mj5nggqpjs2wMany career public servants risked their livelihoods and reputations to speak out against what is happening to our country. It would be nice if elected officials — almost all of whom have much greater resources and security — showed a modicum of the same courage. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5nggqpjs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mj56cj6mrs2yHis show in DC will probably be my thirtieth or so time seeing him, and given the themes and purposes he’s articulated for this tour in particular, I’ve never been more excited. If we ever needed a dose of “Land of Hope and Dreams,” it’s now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj56cj6mrs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mj3zpndepc2gAnd they shut down the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, and ODNI’s Foreign Malign Influence Center. And DOJ announced it was severely curtailing prosecutions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. We all now have ringside seats to see a great power self-immolate for no valid reason. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3zpndepc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mj2swfpwrk27In light of recently released footage from a different shooting in Minneapolis, I’m re-upping this article. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2swfpwrk27https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mj2nn4iauk2uFor a variety of reasons, I avoided Coachella like the plague when I lived in Silver Lake. But this could easily convince me to now take the trip. https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/radiohead-motion-picture-house-kid-a-mnesia-coachella/09 Apr 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2nn4iauk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mj2l6sm7c22mOnly someone not from there would think Chicago winters are a big deal. Getting in out of the cold is why every single block in the city has an inviting neighborhood bar. For those on the north side, you could do worse than Simon’s Tavern for a warming glögg on a frigid evening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2l6sm7c22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mizixswejk22When I first joined Bluesky, I, at some point, made a favorable reference to Elbridge Colby as a serious thinker, largely based on his PRC-related writings and speeches. Mea culpa.09 Apr 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizixswejk22https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3miyqr5l7kk2vI was quite happy to sit down with @yaqiu.bsky.social for @lawfaremedia.org and discuss an otherwise dour topic: the past, present, and future of the PRC's surveillance state. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyqr5l7kk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3miwiljvkmk2iI think that this effort, by @katherinepomps.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, will prove to be one of the more consequential analyses conducted during the first two years of this administration. Its findings are incredibly alarming, but they can be addressed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwiljvkmk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3miwgn5zjbk2mYou know, I think I’m going to exercise the Bartleby option here, and not click. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwgn5zjbk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3miw2zyitak2yThis ad only ran once, as a devastating attack on the perceived bellicosity of Barry Goldwater. That it is applicable now to our current political predicament is a sad reflection on the mess we’ve made for ourselves as a society. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw2zyitak2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3miw2qxpse22aThis is the first of several PRC-related podcasts I’ve recorded over the past week or two, and touches on a topic with which I’ve long been fascinated: great power rivalries, past and present. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw2qxpse22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3miuma4oxek2kI know that this photo is filling everyone with hope and wonder and feelings of the sublime, but — if I’m being honest — I primarily see the final sequence of Lars Von Trier’s “Melancholia.”07 Apr 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3miuma4oxek2khttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mit4cmaqqs2kThis debate over pushing for impeachment versus removal under the 25th Amendment is, somewhat, a distraction. Before we can rebuild the rule of law and constitutional norms, there will need to be an accounting of who destroyed them and a reckoning for those who took part.06 Apr 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mit4cmaqqs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mir5jclg7c2rThis is from the first issue of @parisreview.bsky.social I ever owned; a friend bought it for me because of my nascent interest in espionage fiction. Every single “Art of Fiction” interview is worth reading, and contains multitudes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mir5jclg7c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3miqnfbag5c2rThe little guy and I were listening to Bowie this morning, and as soon as “Modern Love” came on, I instantly felt guilty for not introducing it to him via the films of Leos Carax. Maybe when he’s two, we can just watch “Holy Motors." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt2KlkBUgXA05 Apr 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqnfbag5c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mioo43spe22hHappy birthday to one of the great poets of cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODDwMBCIX8I04 Apr 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioo43spe22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mio66hqihk2aThis is a great article for anyone interested in boxing, even if I’d rather watch a middle- or welterweight fight than two heavyweights battle it out. You’ll see more technique and strategy with the first two classes. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7160783/2026/04/02/us-heavyweight-boxing-decline/?unlocked_article_code=1.YVA.b-RF.3TQximGS2rSv&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_bluesky&smid=bsky-share-ta04 Apr 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio66hqihk2a