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Letter to the Editor: Sorry, No More Chances for CVE
We read with great interest your July 5 article, Giving CVE a Chance, which minimizes the complaints of “detractors” of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program without…
The Office of Legal Counsel and Secret Law
In theory, it’s the province of the judiciary to say what the law is, but in practice this task often falls to the Office of Legal Counsel. This is because many important questions…
The Early Edition: July 18, 2017
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAN Iran is complying with…
Don Jr.’s Russia Meeting Reveals the Power of the Global Magnitsky Act
When Donald Trump Jr. sat down with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya last June, he hoped to receive information from the Russian government that would, in the words of an intermediary,…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, July 17-21
Monday, July 17 5:00 pm – Senate Committee on Foreign Relations – A Review of the State Department Reauthorization Bill for FY 2018 and the State Department Reorganization…
A Deep Dive on War Powers and the AUMF: Episode 27 of the National Security Law Podcast
The latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast—hosted by Bobby Chesney and yours truly—is out this morning, and offers a deep dive on debates over the separation of…
State Dept. Office of Global Criminal Justice on the Chopping Block–Time to Save It
Word out of Washington is that the Trump Administration has started to restructure the State Department and particularly the Under-Secretariat for Civilian Security, Democracy…
Letter to the Editor: There Is Much More to a Civilian Casualty Investigation than Eyewitness Accounts
I applaud and agree with Sarah Knuckey’s, Ole Solvang’s, Jonathan Horowitz’s and Radhya Almutawakel’s recent post (“Pentagon Admits Major Investigation Flaw: imeshey…
Back to the Supreme Court on the Scope of the Entry Ban Injunction: First Thoughts
Thursday night, Judge Watson issued a ruling rejecting two of the ways in which the government has interpreted the Supreme Court’s modification of the preliminary injunctions…
The Early Edition: July 17, 2017
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION…
Trump Tower Meeting Helps Show Collusion Up To Election Day
Just Security’s Rolf Mowatt-Larssen and Ryan Goodman make the following points. Knowing about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians on June 9, 2016, we can now understand much…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (July 7-14)
I. Trump Tower Russia Meeting Bob Bauer, Considering the Legal Defenses of the Trump Jr. Meeting (Friday, July 14) Daniel P. Tokaji, What Trump Jr. Did Was Bad, But It Probably…