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Preventing an Aerial Panopticon Over American Cities
A Defense Department slide showing the development of aerial surveillance systems. The following is an abbreviated version of “Preventing an Air Panopticon: A Proposal for Reasonable…
NYPD Muslim Surveillance Settlement a Victory for New Yorkers, but Vigilance Still Needed
Just a day before courts blocked President Donald Trump’s second “Muslim ban,” a judge in New York City formally approved a joint settlement in two lawsuits challenging…
The Early Edition: March 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. ELECTRONICS BAN The UK joined…
Brief Q&A with Lisa Monaco: How the New Carry-On Ban Compares to Travel Ban and Past Practice
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration announced restrictions on carry-on large electronic devices on US bound flights from 10 airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle…
US Cites Ongoing Litigation as Reason for Not Attending Human Rights Hearing on Travel Ban
The Trump administration said it didn’t attend two Tuesday hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights because the topics being discussed are related to matters…
The Boomerang Effect: National Security, Human Rights and Iran
Weeks have passed since President Donald Trump signed his first Executive Order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the US. Heart-wrenching personal…
Ukraine Update: the ICJ Proceedings & Options for Justice in the United States
With the Congressional hearings on Russia dominating the news, this post provides an update on proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the matter of Ukraine…
The Early Edition: March 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. The TRUMP CABINET’S RELATIONSHIP…
What We Learned From the Comey Hearing
You can break down the news from Monday’s hearing with FBI Director James Comey into two categories: 1) Big things we already knew but needed confirmed 2) Smaller, but previously…
At Outset of Comey Hearing, Schiff Provides Russia-Trump Timeline
If you’ve been tracking the Russia story closely, nothing Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said during his 15-minute-long opening statement Monday came as a surprise, but the…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, March 20-March 24
Monday, March 20 10:00am – House Intelligence Committee – Russian Active Measures Investigation (here) 11:00am – Senate Judiciary Committee – Nomination of the Honorable…
Just Security’s Executive Editor Jameel Jaffer to Testify in Gorsuch Hearings
Jameel Jaffer — Director of Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute and Executive Editor of Just Security — has been invited to testify before…