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Trump v Hawaii: Giving Pretext a Pass
There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Trump v. Hawaii, which upheld the president’s proclamation banning travel to the U.S.…
The Broad Reach of Carpenter v. United States
By focusing on the nature of the information rather than on the telecommunications nitty-gritty used to gather the information or the structure of the database in which the information…
The Early Edition: June 27, 2018
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Carpenter‘s Curiosities (and its Potential to Unsettle Longstanding Fourth Amendment Doctrines)
It’s only peripherally related to national security issues, but I thought some readers who are too overwhelmed or depressed to keep reading about Hawaii v. Trump might be…
What Is the Next Line of Defense Against Torture?
Gina Haspel’s recent elevation to director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) despite her involvement in the George W. Bush administration’s prisoner abuse program and…
The Trump Administration Must Extend Temporary Protected Status for Yemenis
For those Yemenis affected by it, the upcoming DHS decision on the extension of TPS could literally be a matter of life and death, write three former US ambassadors to Yemen.
The Early Edition: June 26, 2018
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A Belief Shattered: The International Criminal Court’s Bemba Acquittal
BANGUI – On June 8, the appeals chamber at the International Criminal Court acquitted Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo of all charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity of murder,…
Trump as a Russian Target – Through the Eyes of a former CIA Russian Expert
Donald Trump would have been an active target of Russian intelligence since the moment they laid eyes on him for two reasons that come straight from the classical espionage textbook:…
Saudi Arabia’s Misleading Email to Congress After Bombing of MSF Cholera Hospital
On a recent Wednesday night in June, Saudi Arabia’s embassy emailed members of the U.S. Congress providing them something between a false and misleading account of an air strike…
The Early Edition: June 25, 2018
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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (June 16-22)
Family Detention, Family Separation, Zero Tolerance Meg Satterthwaite and Rebecca Riddell, “Zero Tolerance” and the Detention of Children: Torture under International…