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The Early Edition: January 25, 2018
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The Russia Cover Up and Conspiring to Lie to Federal Authorities
The Trump team long engaged in a concerted effort to lie about campaign contacts with Russians during the 2016 election. Of this all reasonable observers know. Even some Trump…
Episode 55 of the National Security Law Podcast: #ReleaseThePodcast
Happy anniversary, y’all! It’s been one full year since we launched this podcast, and we are very grateful for all our listeners. Here’s hoping there is *less* to discuss…
Repatriation Doomed to Fail? Arrangement Between Bangladesh and Myanmar Leaves Rohingya in Dangerously Precarious Position
Rohingya refugees carry wood in Balukhali camp on January 14, 2018 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images) Two months ago, the governments of Myanmar and…
Two Notable Omissions in the Mattis National Defense Strategy
The Pentagon has a new National Defense Strategy (NDS), its first in 10 years, and, on Friday, released an 11-page summary of it. Signed by Defense Secretary James Mattis, the…
The Early Edition: January 24, 2018
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Exodus Continued: FRONTLINE’s Next Chapter of the Refugee Story
In 2018, the United States, the world’s richest country by far, is expected to open its doors to .08 percent of the world’s 22.5 million refugees, over half of whom are under…
Trump Administration’s Watchlist Data Overstates Terror Threat
Many have already pointed out the serious methodological flaws contained in last week’s report from the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS). To buttress…
Best Advice for Policymakers on “Bloody Nose” Strike against North Korea: It’s Illegal
In this image provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, the head of South Korean delegation Lee Woo-Sung shakes hands with the head of North Korean delegation Kwon Hook-Bong…
The Early Edition: January 23, 2018
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No, Ceasefires and Armistices Are Not “Outmoded”
My friend Oona Hathaway penned an important post (“Recent Israeli Strikes on Syria and the Prohibition on the Unilateral Use of Force”) where she rightly express concern about…
Stop Calling It “Incidental” Collection of Americans’ Emails: The Gov’t’s Renewed Surveillance Powers
Former Acting FBI Dir. Andrew McCabe, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, DNI Dan Coats, and NSA Dir. Adm. Michael Rogers testify on re-authorization of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance…