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Can Flynn Assert a Fifth Amendment Privilege to Withhold Documents?
The news that retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security advisor and campaign aide, has refused to comply with a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena…
The Early Edition: May 24, 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-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION…
Preview: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing (5/24) on Cross-Border Access to Data
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Crime, spearheaded by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), will be holding a hearing on a…
Fourth Circuit Holds Wikimedia Has Standing to Challenge Upstream Surveillance
In a major ruling handed down this morning, the Fourth Circuit has reversed a district court ruling from last year and held that Wikimedia has Article III standing, at least at…
The Drip, Drip of Obstruction News
The news yesterday that Donald Trump asked the Director of National Intelligence, Daniel Coats, and the director of the National Security Agency, Adm. Michael Rogers, to publicly…
A Proposal for Space, Not Time, to Negotiate Peace in the Middle East
President Donald Trump was in Israel this week to reboot peace talks between the Jewish state and the Palestinians. Many believe this is premature, pointing to the litany of past…
Trump’s Disclosure Did Not Break the Law
Since the Washington Post revealed that President Trump had provided “classified” information to Russian diplomats, there have been three rounds of reactions. The first comments…
The Early Edition: May 23, 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-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, May 22-26
Tuesday, May 23 9:30am – Senate Armed Services Committee – Worldwide Threats (here) 2:00pm – House Committee on Homeland Security– Visa Overstays: A Gap in the Nation’s…
Politicians Keep Buying Kris Kobach’s Ideas Despite Track Record of Failure
Kris Kobach, the Secretary of State for Kansas and an anti-immigrant and vote-suppressing activist, has been angling for a job in the Trump administration since the election. But…
What Lincoln Thought of “America First”
Abraham Lincoln neither spoke nor read any language other than English and would never travel abroad, but he was an internationalist in sentiment, conviction and politics. His…
Tillerson’s Degradation of Human Rights Mustn’t–and Can’t Yet–be Executive Branch Policy
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addressed State Department employees on May 3, delivering a wide-ranging assessment of the state of the world. He offered a glimpse of how he plans…