--- title: Benjamin Wittes | TIME description: Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books and is co-chair of the Hoover Institution's Working Group on National Security, Technology, and Law canonical: https://time.com/author/benjamin-wittes/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/benjamin-wittes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Benjamin Wittes ## Benjamin Wittes Wittes is editor in chief of [Lawfare](https://www.lawfareblog.com/) and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books and is co-chair of the Hoover Institution's Working Group on National Security, Technology, and Law ## Benjamin Wittes *  Jan 29, 2017 ### [Donald Trump's Immigration Order Is Horrifying and Incompetent on a Legal Level](https://time.com/4652781/benjamin-wittes-donald-trump-immigration-order/) And is malevolent [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 29, 2016 ### [This Is What the FBI Director Needs to Do Now About Hillary Clinton Emails](https://time.com/4550523/james-comey-hillary-clinton/) If there is more that James Comey can say to the American public, he should do so. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-wittes/","name":"Benjamin Wittes"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-wittes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-wittes/"},"name":"Benjamin Wittes","jobTitle":null,"description":"Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books and is co-chair of the Hoover Institution's Working Group on National Security, Technology, and Law","url":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-wittes/","sameAs":["https://x.com/benjaminwittes"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```