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Does TSA Really Need a Watch List for “Unruly” Travelers?
There appears to be little justification for the new TSA watch list and lots of questions about how it might be used to harass and intimidate agency critics and even just rude…
Holding Migrant Children on Military Bases: What You Need to Know
The Washington Post recently reported that the Trump administration is making preparations to hold migrant children on U.S. military bases while their parents are pending trial…
View from Socotra Island: Yemen War and Threats to the UN Charter
A small Yemeni island was recently at the center of a little-noticed standoff between three states—Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia. The dispute reveals…
Trump’s Subpoena Gamble: Fighting It Could Open Door to Indictment
If President Trump litigates the question whether the special counsel can subpoena him, the courts may ending up also saying a sitting president can be indicted.
The Early Edition: May 22, 2018
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute The KOREAN PENINSULA South…
A Possible US-EU Agreement on Law Enforcement Access to Data?
[Cross-posted on Lawfare] Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to fly to Sofia, Bulgaria for a May 22 meeting with senior European law enforcement officials. In the wake…
Enhanced Evasion Techniques
On Thursday, May 17, after only a few hours of debate, the Senate approved Gina Haspel’s nomination as CIA director by a margin of 54 to 45 votes. The vote broke largely, but…
The Unknown Cost of America’s Counterterrorism Efforts
A Stimson Center working group released a study last week on the costs of America’s counterterrorism efforts, and it found about what you’d expect: nearly 17 years after 9/11,…
Trump’s Escalating Assault on the Justice Department: Time to Review Dershowitz’s Defense of Unreviewable Presidential Control of Federal Law Enforcement
President Trump has taken a dramatic turn in his push against the Justice Department. His approach his built on a theory that Alan Dershowitz defends on television. But when Dershowitz…
The Early Edition: May 21, 2018
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute TRUMP-RUSSIA A U.S. intelligence…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (May 12-May 18)
Russia Investigation Douglas W. Kmiec and Ryan Goodman, The Missing Justice Dep’t Memo on Whether a President Can Be Subpoenaed to Tesify in a Criminal Case Asha Rangappa…
Getting to the Bottom of the Trump Tower Meeting
What the new documents tell us about some of the basic questions surrounding the fateful meeting.