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The Early Edition: June 6, 2019
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EXCLUSIVE: Draft Charter of Pompeo’s “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Hides Anti-Human Rights Agenda
Just Security has obtained the draft Charter for the Commission. Professor Hamilton writes: If the Commission follows the ideological roots of the "natural law" theory it is grounded…

A Side-by-Side Comparison of Barr’s vs. Mueller’s Statements about Special Counsel Report
"Some of the differences involve near complete contradictions—in other words Mueller’s statement and Barr’s statements cannot both be true."
Cooking the WMD Books: Politicizing the 2019 State Department Compliance Report
"I know. I used to work in State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance and then in the Office of the Under Secretary responsible for this report.…

The Early Edition: June 5, 2019
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Time to Bring Women and Children Home from Iraq and Syria
Kazakhstan proves that bringing home the women and children stranded in Iraq and Syria is possible for all countries facing the problem.

Assange May Have Committed a Crime, But the Espionage Act Is the Wrong Law to Prosecute
Is Wikileaks leader Julian Assange a journalist? If journalism is a profession, it is because, like other professions, it has standards and a code of ethics. As an example, a journalist…

Internationalizing the Monroe Doctrine: From Venezuela to Golan Heights and Back Around
The intended and unintended consequences of restructuring global order into spheres of geolegal power.

The Early Edition: June 4, 2019
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No Oligarch Left Behind: Trump’s Title III Cuba Policy
After the Revolution, Cuba expropriated the property of U.S. nationals and Cubans, including those who (like my family) came to the United States. In May, the Trump administration…

The Missing Bill Barr Obstruction Analysis
"The American public and Congress should demand that the Attorney General disclose his analysis."

The Early Edition: June 3, 2019
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