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“Han Shot First”: Episode 41 of the National Security Law Podcast
Bobby Chesney and I have just posted Episode 41 of the National Security Law Podcast, which includes in-depth discussion of the latest travel ban ruling (the more things change…),…
What next for Raqqa?
The military battle for Raqqa city appears to be over. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), with support from the US-led coalition, seized the Raqqa National Hospital, one of the…
Responsibility and the Encryption Debate: A Response to DAG Rosenstein
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Last week, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave a speech about encryption at the U.S. Naval Academy, solidifying the Trump administration’s…
AG Sessions’ Shifting and False Statements to Congress on Russia
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for an oversight hearing. This is the first time Sessions will come before the Senate…
ISIS’s Vegas Claim Tells Us More about the Group Than About the Attacker
One day after the cold-blooded murder of 58 people in Las Vegas, the authorities had identified the attacker as Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada. An isolated…
Would the United States Be Responsible for Private Hacking?
Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA) and Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (H.R. 4036) in the House of Representatives on Oct. 13. The bill would amend…
The Early Edition: October 17, 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 Syrian city of…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, October 16-21
Tuesday, October 17 10:00am – Senate Committee of the Judiciary – Nominations: Gregory G. Katsas to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit; Jeffrey…
Surveillance “Reform”: The Fourth Amendment’s Long, Slow, Goodbye
Over 16 years after the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent repeated passage or renewal of draconian “temporary” but “emergency” domestic surveillance laws in response, it’s…
Exporting the Rendition Project: From the U.S. to Central Asia?
Although it’s been over a decade, the rendition planes that transferred suspects to CIA black sites still cast long, dark shadows over human rights and the rule of law, and their…
The Early Edition: October 16, 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. SOMALIA More than 300 have…
Indefensible: Why Guantánamo defense lawyers can’t ethically participate any longer
On Friday, Guantánamo death penalty lawyer Richard Kammen announced in a press release that: Brig. Gen. John Baker, the Chief Defense Counsel for the Military Commissions Defense…