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The Early Edition: January 2, 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.…

A Year-End Retrospective
It is disorienting to experience Donald Trump as the central drama in American politics. Yet we’ve been doing so for nearly two years now. The end of the year is a natural time…

Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Dec. 23-30)
Year-End Review, Looking Ahead to 2018 Kate Brannen, What Stories Deserved More Attention in 2017? ACLU v. Mattis, Military Detention of U.S. Citizens, Habeas Corpus, Right to…

What Stories Deserved More Attention in 2017?
Every year important news stories come and go with too few people taking notice, but the chaos (not to mention the scandal and corruption) of the Trump presidency makes the problem…

Most Read Articles at Just Security in 2017
We appreciate many things about 2017, especially our readers. Below are two Top 25 lists. The first includes the most popular pieces related to Russian interference in the 2016…

Episode 51 of the National Security Podcast: Temporary, Immediate, and Unmonitored Access to this Podcast
Well, 2017 is almost done. No doubt there are a few more kicks-in-the-pants on the way before it’s all said and done, but hey, we can at least offer you one final episode of…

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…