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US President Joe Biden speaks prior to signing H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, which redirects monetary penalties to increase funding for victim compensation funds, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 22, 2021.

Questioning the “Domestic” and “International” in Biden’s Counterterrorism Strategy

How does the categorization of Muslim threats as presumptively “international" subject them to unaccountable security practices and deprivations of rights?
The dome of the U.S. Capitol Buidling and the US flag.

Questions the January 6 Select Committee Should Ask Its Witnesses

Dozens of specific questions for the Select Committee to ask, for witnesses to address even if not asked, for journalists to investigate, for the public to use as benchmarks, for…

Jan 6 Select Committee and Social Media Companies: 10 Key Pieces of Information to Subpoena

The Select Committee should request—better yet, subpoena—the following information from social media companies including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Parler, and TikTok.
Mo Brooks talks at a podium with the sign “Save America.” He wears a hat that reads, “Fire Pelosi.” American flags stand on either side of him.

Expert Backgrounder: The Westfall Act and Representative Brooks’s Speech

Professor Paul Figley, who served as Deputy Director in Torts Branch of Justice Department's Civil Division for fifteen years, explains the legal framework for Swalwell v. Brooks,…
Paper silhouettes of faces overlap one another. All except one are various shades of light grey. The one exception is in red and includes a whistle in the face’s mouth.

Know Your Rights: Whistleblowers and the January 6th Select Committee

"Existing laws have facilitated some of the most important testimony for congressional investigators in recent times."
Afghan Taliban militants with large guns and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in Afghanistan, in Alingar district of Laghman Province on March 2, 2020.

Taliban Ascendance in Afghanistan Risks Return of Global Terrorist Hub

Walking in the Trump administration’s footsteps, the Biden team is making several miscalculations about the Taliban, which will undermine the U.S. ability to protect its counterterrorism…
Haitian citizens, including children gather in front of the US Embassy in Tabarre, Haiti on July 10, 2021, asking for asylum after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise explaining that there is too much insecurity in the country and that they fear for their lives. They wear face masks due to COVID-19.

Doubling Down on Deterrence

The Biden administration’s anti-asylum rhetoric harms refugees and won’t win votes.
A long list blown up in poster size of "public complaints" against Facebook policies, including the social media giant's political stances, data security lapses, politicization, privacy violations and misinformation, is taped to the outside of their office building during a protest led by the organization Public Citizen in Washington, DC, May 25, 2021.

Facebook’s New Dangerous Individuals and Organizations Policy Brings More Questions Than Answers

The company has responded to criticism with clarifications and revisions, but the rules require a fundamental rethink.
Mo Brooks talks at a podium with the sign “Save America” and gestures into the air. American flags stand on either side of him. He wears a red hat that says, “Fire Pelosi”

Swalwell v. Trump and the Legitimate Scope of Federal Employment

Expert who wrote that case law favors Trump in getting DOJ legal shield in E Jean Carroll case, writes why that doesn't apply in Jan. 6 lawsuits.
A cylindrical cipher device.

Encryption Originalism

Encryption originalism views strong encryption as the modern reemergence of Founding Era practice of employing—often unbreakable—ciphers.
A US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport on June 13, 2010.

Extraterritorial Counterterrorism: Policymaking v. Law

The Biden administration's counterterrorism policy review is a crucial moment to evaluate the role of law versus policy and an opportunity to narrow the scope of the “ongoing…
Side by side photos of Guantanamo Bay and the DOJ.

What the US Government Brief Should Have Said in Al-Hela: On Guantanamo and Due Process

"Had the Justice Department wanted to recognize that the due process clause applies at Guantanamo, the brief would have essentially written itself."
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