Benjamin Wittes | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | November 5, 1969
Alma mater | Oberlin College (BA) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Known for | Lawfare |
Spouse | Tamara 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]
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