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A general view of participants at the 16th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

Failure to Renew Yemen Investigative Mechanism Shows Costs of US Absence from Human Rights Council

The US has regained a seat on the HRC - but its recent absence has weakened the human rights landscape overall.
Oct. 29, 2021
The outside columns and relief of the US Treasury Department building in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019.

The Biden Administration’s Disappointing Sanctions Report: What Should Come Next

Last week, the Treasury Department released a long-awaited report setting forth the results of its “comprehensive review” of U.S. sanctions. To the dismay of sanctions reform…
Oct. 29, 2021

Early Edition: October 29, 2021

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Oct. 29, 2021
Three side-by side images of demonstrations in Sudan. The two on the outer edges show many people marching in the streets. The center image shows a person sitting on a low brick fence.

How Many (More) Sudanese Have to Die for Democracy?

Mass protests planned for Saturday will be a test of wills. It is safe to bet on the Sudanese people to brave the threat of escalated violence. The question is whether political…
Oct. 29, 2021 and
District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. of New York County, New York; cyber security fellow Matt Tait of University of Texas at Austin, Texas; Erik Neuenschwander, Manager of User Privacy of Apple, Inc.; Jay Sullivan, Product Management Director for Privacy and Integrity in Messenger of Facebook, Inc. testify during a hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee December 10, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Client-Side Scanning: A New Front In the War on User Control of Technology

When technology has expanded to nearly every corner of our lives, how much control should users have over the devices they own?
Oct. 28, 2021
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders hosts the large international consultations with representatives of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and the Anti ISIS coalition in the fight against terror In The Hague, January 11, 2016. The representatives sit in a large room around tables arranged into a square. Large screens show projections of the minister speaking.

Watchlisting the World: Digital Security Infrastructures, Informal Law, and the “Global War on Terror”

The Global Counterterrorism Forum's new "toolkit" ignores input, tracks US practice to dangerously expand the unaccountable post-9/11 system.
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Early Edition: October 28, 2021

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Oct. 28, 2021
US President Joe Biden participates virtually in the annual ASEAN Summit from the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2021. On the left, President Biden is seen at a desk with his hands folded in front of his face. On the right, is a screen shot of the virtual event with the logo for ASEAN against a background of the world map focused on Asia and Australia and stars from the US flag. “US-ASEAN Virtual Summit” is written across the background.

ASEAN Has Failed on Myanmar. What’s Next?

ASEAN excluded the Myanmar junta from its summit this week - but remains reluctant to condemn the coup or provide robust help to the people of Myanmar. How should the rest of the…
Oct. 27, 2021
General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III testify on the department's fiscal year 2022 budget request during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2021.

The Ballooning Biden Defense Budget

There is a bipartisan path to cut unnecessary spending in the defense budget that protects U.S. security in a cost-effective way.
Oct. 27, 2021 and

Early Edition: October 27, 2021

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Oct. 27, 2021
National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen, FBI Director James Comey, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testify during a hearing before Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee January 29, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

20 Years After the Patriot Act, America Must End Secret Law

Of the many abuses that sprung from the Patriot Act’s toxic soil, the most pernicious and enduring is the growth of secret laws. The insistence that the government must not only…
Oct. 26, 2021
US President George W. Bush signs into law an anti-terrorism bill that expands police and surveillance powers in response to September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, 26 October 2001 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. With Bush from left to right are Rep. Mike Oxley, R-OH, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT, Sen Pat Leahy, D-VT, Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV, and Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-WI.

Rethinking Surveillance on the 20th Anniversary of the Patriot Act

20 years ago, Congress enacted the PATRIOT Act. It's time to move on from that outmoded model of surveillance.
Oct. 26, 2021
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