Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (Oct. 7-11)

Ukrainegate

Facts in Play

• Overwhelming Confirmation of Whistleblower Complaint: An Annotation
  by Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) and John T. Nelson
• Timeline: Trump, Giuliani, Biden, and Ukrainegate (updated)
  by Viola Gienger (@ViolaGienger) and Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw)

Congressional Access to Information

• The Need for a Bipartisan Stand Against the White House Counsel Letter
  by Gregg Nunziata (@greggnunziata)
• White House Letter Distorts Both Law and History on Impeachment
  by Frank O. Bowman, III (@FOBowman3)
• Two Major Distortions in the White House’s Scorched Earth Letter to Congress
  Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter)

Impeachment Process

• A Formal Vote to Authorize Impeachment Won’t Fix White House Obstruction – And Could Create More Roadblocks
  by Molly Claflin (@MMCinDC)

Whistleblowers

• Open Letter Explains How Responsible Whistleblowers Make America Safer
  by Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter)

Office of Legal Counsel

• The Real Decline of OLC
  by Shalev Roisman (@Shalev_Roisman)

Torture

• New Spy Museum’s Torture Exhibit Glosses Over Depravity
  by Mark Fallon (@glynco)

Detention

• Returning Foreign Fighters and Their Families Takes on New Urgency After Trump’s Syria Decision
  by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (@NiAolainF)
• 18 Years After 9/11, Why Is Guantánamo Still Open?
  by Andrew Boyle

Data Sharing and Privacy (CLOUD Act)

• The UK-US CLOUD Act Agreement Is Finally Here, Containing New Safeguards
  by Jennifer Daskal (@jendaskal) and Peter Swire (@peterswire)

Kleptocracy

• Congress Wakes Up, Finally Decides to Tackle Kleptocracy
  by Casey Michel (@cjcmichel)

Authoritarianism and Rule of Law

• On a President’s Orders: New Frontline Docs Look at Duterte and MBS
  by Kate Brannen (@K8brannen)
• Sri Lankan War Criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksa May Escape Accountability Yet Again, This Time by Running for President
  by Beth Van Schaack (@BethVanSchaack)
• Did the ECJ Just Give Stamp of Approval to Poland’s Backsliding?
  by Małgorzata Szuleka (@m_szuleka) and Melissa Hooper (@melhoop10)

United Nations

• National Security at the United Nations This Week
  by Sahrula Kubie

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