 On June 22, 2009, "The Washington Times" published an op-ed by Lippold that was critical of the Barack Obama administration, for not showing enough sympathy to American victims of terror.Lippold asserted that the families of the victims of terror should play a role in deciding which terror suspects should be tried, and in which kind of court they should be tried.On February 4, 2010, the "Las Vegas Review-Journal" reported that Lippold was considering a run for U.S. Senate in Nevada against Harry Reid.