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The Early Edition: November 27, 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. EGYPT The attackers who…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Nov. 18-24)
Russia Investigation: Facebook Regulation, Kushner’s Russian Outreach, Campaign Finance Law Justin Hendrix, Mark Zuckerberg’s Latest Fig Leaf for His Russian Propaganda…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Latest Fig Leaf for His Russian Propaganda Problem
Since Facebook disclosed that at least 150 million Americans were exposed to Russian propaganda on its platform in the run up to the 2016 election, pressure has been growing for…
Thanksgiving at Just Security
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, Just Security will be on an abbreviated schedule for Thursday and Friday of this week. If any major, time-sensitive developments…
The Long Arm of Justice: Ratko Mladić’s Conviction Should Keep Perpetrators of Atrocities Awake at Night
Today Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb General, was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for genocide, crimes against humanity…
Giving Thanks While Safeguarding Our Country’s Most Important National Security Assets
What are our country’s most important national security assets? While new weapons and hardware (drones, the latest fighter jet or technological wonder) receive a significant…
The Early Edition: November 22, 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. SYRIA The Russian President…
What You Could Not Learn from NYT and WSJ on Kushner’s “Russian Backdoor” Email
If you read only the New York Times or Wall Street Journal stories on the latest Jared Kushner correspondence—email subject line: “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite”—you’d…
Trump’s Threat to Diversity Visas
Shortly after last month’s vehicle attack in Manhattan, President Donald Trump, in a tweet, called on Congress to eliminate the “Diversity Visa Lottery Program,” which has…
The Early Edition: November 21, 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. SYRIA The Iranian President…
Extreme Vetting by Algorithm
Last week, a group of machine learning and data mining experts wrote to the acting secretary of DHS urging her to reconsider an automated Extreme Vetting Initiative being proposed…
The Trump-Russia-WikiLeaks Alliance and Campaign Finance Laws
The news cycles are busy with revelations about the Trump campaign-Russia-WikiLeaks connections, and they may be moving more quickly than the capacity to absorb their legal significance.…