Benjamin Wittes

Benjamin Wittes
Wittes in 2013
Born (1969-11-05) November 5, 1969 (age 55)
Alma materOberlin College (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Known forLawfare
SpouseTamara Cofman Wittes

Benjamin Wittes (born November 5, 1969) is an American legal journalist. He is editor in chief of Lawfare and senior fellow in governance studies at The Brookings Institution, where he is the research director in public law, and co-director of the Harvard Law School–Brookings Project on Law and Security.[1] He works principally on issues related to American law and national security. Wittes was number 15 on the Politico 50 of 2017, described as "Bard of the Deep State".[2]

  1. ^ "Benjamin Wittes". Brookings Institution. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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