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National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, January 17-20
Wednesday, January 18 10:00am – Senate Committee on Foreign Relations – Nomination Hearing (Ambassador to the U.N.) (here) 10:00am – Senate Committee on Environment…
Dissenting from Within the Trump Administration
After the presidential election, many of those who were already working in government or who were considering joining began to ask questions about the ethics of working for a Trump…
Martin Luther King Day at Just Security
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Just Security is on a reduced schedule. We will address any major news development today, and will return at full steam tomorrow. In the meantime,…
DOJ’s perplexing motion for reconsideration of Judge Lamberth’s retention order re: the SSCI Torture Report
Last month, District Judge Royce Lamberth entered an order in the habeas case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, requiring the Executive branch defendants to retain a copy of the Senate…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Jan. 9-13)
I. New Series: “Norms Watch” Katerina Wright, Norms Watch: Tracking Team Trump’s Breaches of Democratic Traditions (Friday, Jan. 13) II. Trump Administration Confirmation…
Norms Watch: Tracking Team Trump’s Breaches of Democratic Traditions
We’re launching a regular series tracking President-elect Donald Trump’s adherence, or lack thereof, to democratic norms. These norms are not necessarily legally required,…
New Symposium Scholarship on Human Shields
We have covered on these pages the legal and moral issues surrounding the use of human shields in contemporary armed conflict situations. The American Society of International…
Cross-Border Cyber Ops to Erode Legitimacy: An Act of Coercion
Over the last two weeks we have seen a flurry of action and reactions concerning the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election. The most significant is the unclassified…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, January 10-13
Tuesday, January 10 9:30am – Senate Judiciary Committee– Attorney General Nomination (here) 9:30am – Senate Committee on Armed Services– Civilian Control of the Armed…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Jan. 2-6)
I. Russian Hacking and US Response Ronald Deibert, The DHS/FBI Report on Russian Hacking was a Predictable Failure (Wednesday, Jan. 4) Ryan Goodman, International Law and the…
The Early Edition: January 6, 2017
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE in…
The Early Edition: January 5, 2017
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. DONALD TRUMP’S FOREIGN…