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Trump’s Moscow Tower and Back-Channel Ukraine Dossier: Both Began During the Election, Evidence Suggests
Congressional investigators are reportedly exploring any connections between two deals brokered by Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen and Felix Sater which directly raised Russian…
Episode 35 of the National Security Law Podcast: The Military Commissions Return to the Supreme Court
In this week’s (first) episode of the National Security Law Podcast, Bobby Chesney and I do a deep dive on the seven pending cert. petitions in the Supreme Court that, in…
Letter to the Editor: How Steve Vladeck’s Response Makes My Case
With his usual zeal, my friend Steve Vladeck energetically defends his support for the D.C. Circuit court’s decision mandating Judge Scott Silliman’s recusal in the military…
The Early Edition: September 13, 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. NORTH KOREA The U.S. would…
A Dream Deferred: Rescinding DACA Makes Us Less Secure
While rescinding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, fits comfortably into the thematic vision of “America First” that resonates so well with President Donald…
Ousted NSC Official Takes Job at Oracle
Ezra Cohen-Watnick, who was fired from the National Security Council in August, has landed a new job at the Washington, D.C. office of Oracle, the Silicon Valley software giant,…
The Early Edition: September 12, 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. NORTH KOREA The U.N. Security…
Senate Appropriations Bill Rejects Trump’s Efforts to Downsize State Department and USAID
Last week, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, chaired by Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), approved a State & Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2018.…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, September 11-16
Tuesday, September 12 9:30am – Senate Foreign Relations Committee – Nominations: Mr. Eric M. Ueland of Oregon to be Under Secretary of State (Management); The Hon. John R.…
Erik Prince’s ‘New Band of Flying Tigers’ is a Sequel We Don’t Need
It shouldn’t be too surprising that in his recent New York Times op-ed calling for an infusion of private contractors into Afghanistan, Erik Prince sidestepped any discussion…
Homeland Security Needs More International Engagement, Not ‘Fortress America’
When most people think of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the mind conjures images of border patrolmen on horseback along the American southwest border or Transportation…
The Early Edition: September 11, 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. NORTH KOREA The U.S. called…