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Resting Up for 2018
It’s been quite the busy year for all of us, and we at Just Security are on a reduced publishing schedule this week, recharging for what will no doubt be an eventful 2018.…
Judge Chutkan’s Ruling on the Unidentified U.S. Citizen Detainee
Late Saturday night, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled that the Department of Defense must allow the ACLU Foundation “immediate and unmonitored access” to the U.S. citizen…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Dec. 16-23)
Trump-Russia Investigation Joshua Geltzer, Former Top U.S. Attorneys’ Letter to President Trump: Let Mueller Do His Job Artin Afkhami, Timeline of Trump and Obstruction of Justice:…
Warrantless Border Searches: The officer ‘searched through every email and intimate photos of my wife’
A U.S. Border Patrol agent stops traffic as immigrants are deported across an international bridge into Mexico on March 14, 2017 from Hidalgo, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)…
Former Top U.S. Attorneys’ Letter to President Trump: Let Mueller Do His Job
Many Americans believe that Special Counsel Robert Mueller needs time and political space to complete his important counterintelligence investigation of Russian interference in…
Just Security Needs Your Support
If the past year has taught us anything, it’s the value of accurate information to inform decision-makers and public discourse in general. Just Security offers expert analysis…
“Risk Informed, But Not Risk Averse”: the National Security Strategy Approach to Cyber Ops
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) is replete with references to cyber operations and their impact on national security. It states that, “America’s…
Former Prosecutor Renato Mariotti’s Tweet Threads on National Security (Dec 15-22)
Image: President Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen after finding out the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing at which he was to appear was canceled, on September…
WannaCry and the International Law of Cyberspace
Immediately following this May’s “WannaCry” ransomware cyber-attacks, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) speculated that the hacker group “Lazarus”—believed…
The Early Edition: December 22, 2017
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.…
Just Security’s Recommended Holiday Reads
As we look ahead to next week, we’re starting to daydream about what books we might finally find the time to read during the holidays. Here are a few recommendations from Just…
What Will You Do if Mueller is Fired?
Street protest outside Trump International Hotel and Tower, New York City, March 8, 2017. Photo credit: Melissa Bender “Whether ours shall continue to be a government of laws…