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Gina Haspel, Torture, and the ProPublica Correction
ProPublica’s comprehensive correction to significant portions of its earlier reporting on Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s recent nominee for CIA Director, provided an…
The Early Edition: March 19, 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 developments at home and abroad.…
Remembering Tripp Zanetis
Editor’s Note: On Friday, we learned that Tripp Zanetis, a recent contributor to Just Security, was one of seven U.S. service members killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq. Last…
Follow-Up Questions For Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and Trump Campaign on Massive Breach
Late on Friday night, Facebook made a surprising announcement. The company said it was suspending the British firm Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL), and its political…
Sessions’ Firing McCabe Violated His Promise to Recuse
Most focus on what the Attorney General said in his statement of recusal in March 2017. What has been overlooked is when Sessions promised the Senate, under oath, that he would…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Mar. 10-17)
Just Security's expert contributors on whether the UK Government can use force in self-defense or take Russian officials to the ICC over the Salisbury incident, centralizing human…
Episode 64 of the National Security Law Podcast: Beware the Ides of CFIUS!
So there you are on the beach for spring break, drink in hand and headphones on. Time for some…National Security Law Podcast! We’re back with a special midweek episode…
The Unintended “Foreign Agents”
“Foreign agents” are suddenly in our midst – or so it seems. Paul Manafort was indicted, in part, for failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).…
UN Working Group: Indefinite Detention of Gitmo Detainee Violates Human Rights Law
The Jan. 24 findings of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention conclude that the continued detention of Ammar al Baluchi at Guantanamo Bay is arbitrary, discriminatory, and…
Centralizing Human Rights in the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
The Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS), originally adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006, is currently undergoing its sixth review by states and the General…
The Early Edition: March 16, 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 developments at home and abroad.…
Why Holding Asylum Seekers Without Parole is Unlawful
Alexi, an 18-year-old man from Honduras, has been locked behind bars in an orange jumpsuit in York County Prison in Pennsylvania since November. Why? Because he sought protection…