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Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Just Security
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Just Security is on a reduced schedule. We will address any major news development today, and will return at full steam tomorrow. In the meantime,…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Jan. 6-13)
Trump-Russia Investigation John Sipher, The Steele Dossier in 2018: Everyone’s Favorite Weapon Kate Brannen, Will President Trump be Interviewed by Robert Mueller? Protecting…
Special Edition Podcast: Andy Wright on His Experiences with Rep. Darrell Issa as a Government Lawyer
Then-Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa at a House Oversight Committee hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012 assaults that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans…
16 Years Since Gitmo: A New Chapter in Indefinite Detention Begins
As activists marked the 16th anniversary of Guantanamo Bay’s transformation into a military prison with nationwide rallies, a new and disturbing chapter is unfolding in our Kafkaesque…
Just Security Editorial Board Members’ Tweet Threads on National Security (Jan. 5-12)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on November 9, 2017. Issa announced this week that he would not seek re-election. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty…
Words Matter in War
Command Sergeant Major John Wayne Troxell, the senior enlisted adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shared this attention-grabbing message with his more than…
A Checklist for Protecting Our Elections from Foreign Meddling
Vice President and General Counsel for Facebook Colin Stretch, General Counsel for Twitter Sean Edgett, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Google Kent Walker at…
The Early Edition: January 12, 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.…
Special Edition Podcast: Liza Goitein on Section 702’s Reauthorization
Amidst the noise today generated by President Donald Trump’s contradictory and inaccurate tweets about Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act this morning and his awful-yet-predictable…
Deep State Dissonance
U.S. National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers delivers remarks arguing for the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on October 13, 2017 in…
Unhappy 16th Anniversary, Guantanamo Bay
It’s hard to believe, but here we are marking yet another anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. It’s not a happy one. Hidden and inaccessible as they are on…
Today’s Mass Guantanamo Habeas Petition and the Ongoing Human Cost of America’s “Battle Lab”
Today, the Guantanamo prison enters its 17th year. 41 Muslim men still languish there, trapped in an ever-present reminder of their captors’ official experiment with torture.…