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Highlights of Adam Schiff’s AP Interview: Manafort’s Kremlin Ties, Facebook Stonewalling, More
Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif) provided an in-depth interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. Schiff’s remarks have an added weight this morning. He is the ranking member…
The Early Edition: November 8, 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. TRUMP ASIA TRIP “Do not…
Episode 45 of the National Security Law Podcast: An Inter-Jurisdictional Cluster-You-Know-What?
Has it only been a week? Yeesh. Well, we are back! In this episode, Bobby Chesney and I focus on three topics: The Mueller investigation and the prospect that Mike Flynn…
Close Call Whether Sessions Committed Perjury in Denying Other Campaign Russian Contacts
It is not crystal clear whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied to Congress about his knowledge of other Trump campaign members’ contacts with Russians during the 2016 election.…
Mohammed Jabbateh Conviction: A Human Rights Trial Cloaked in Immigration Crimes
On Oct. 18, a U.S. federal jury issued the first criminal conviction involving mass atrocities committed during Liberia’s First Civil War in the 1990s by a ULIMO rebel commander.…
Key Passage in Carter Page Testimony before House Intelligence Committee
One of the most important passages in Carter Page’s testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday involves his exchange with Representative Adam Schiff on…
The Early Edition: November 7, 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. TRUMP ASIA TRIP President…
Guantanamo: Donald Trump’s Opportunity
The Trump Administration’s response to last week’s attacks in downtown Manhattan could go either of two directions: The United States could continue to flounder with indecision…
Conservative Correctness: The Terrorism Double Standard
Hours after last week’s attack in Manhattan, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to say, “We must not allow ISIS to return, or enter, our country after defeating them…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, November 6-10
Tuesday, November 7 9:30am – Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Nominations of Hon. Ernest W. DuBester, Hon. Colleen D. Kiko, and James T. Abbott…
Why the First Amendment Constrains Trump’s Use of Twitter
President Donald Trump may be the first resident of the White House to be a prolific user of Twitter, but he probably won’t be the last. Indeed, government officials around…
21 Years of War with Al Qaeda?
Has the United States been at war with al-Qaeda for 21 years? During the most recent 9/11 military commission hearing at Guantanamo Bay, the prosecution finally articulated its…