Other
1,812 Articles
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, January 23-27
Monday, January 23 4:30pm – Senate Committee on Foreign Relations – Business Meeting (Nominee: Secretary of State) (here) Tuesday, January 24 9:30am – Senate Committee…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Jan. 15-20)
I. Trump and Russia Luis Moreno Ocampo, How Trump Can Work with Russia to Challenge the Status Quo and to Control ISIS (Wednesday, Jan. 18) Kate Brannen, Tracking the Trump…
[UPDATED] GTMO at the End of the Obama Administration: 31 uncharged detainees remain
With today’s transfer of four more detainees to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, President Obama will leave office tomorrow with 31 uncharged individuals remaining detained at…
Five Quick Observations: The CIA’s New Guidelines for Handling Americans’ Data
Yesterday, the Central Intelligence Agency released newly updated guidelines regarding the treatment of American data collected pursuant to Executive Order 12333. John Reed has…
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…