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The Office of Special Counsel’s Oversight Role in National Security: A Home for Whistleblowers
To function efficiently and effectively, the government must promote whistleblowing by its employees. This is especially true in the national and homeland security contexts, where…
The Early Edition: January 4, 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. DONALD TRUMP’S FOREIGN…
Letter to the Editor: Response to The Laws of War: Their Nature and Moral Function
Earlier this month, I entered the fray in a stimulating debate over Prof. Adil Haque’s innovative proposal to lower the threshold for defining non-international armed conflict…
Congressional Oversight in the Trump Era: Strategic Choices
Republican congressional leaders face stark strategic choices as Donald Trump assumes control of the White House. A period of acrimonious divided government will be supplanted…
The Early Edition: January 3, 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. DONALD TRUMP’S FOREIGN…
“Does Anyone’s Law Matter at the Border?”: AALS Panel This Friday
For folks who will be attending the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools this week in San Francisco, I wanted to plug something of an unusual program that I…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Dec. 26 – Dec. 30)
I. US Response to Russian Hacking Just Security, Recommended Reading: Kristen Eichensehr on Classifying the Election System as “Critical Infrastructure” in Response to Russian…
U.S.-Russian Relations After the Russian Hacking Affair
Russian President Vladimir Putin has defied the long-standing, hard rules of the game in handling espionage affairs by failing to follow the Russian Foreign Ministry’s recommendation…
Full List of All Gov’t Docs in US Response to Russian Election Hacking–with summaries
Below is a list of all the U.S. government documents released on Thursday as part of the Obama administration’s announced response to Russian interference in the U.S. election…
White House Retaliation for Russian Hacking
This afternoon the White House announced several actions against Russia in retaliation for Russian interference in the U.S. election. Key among them is the use of the cybersecurity…
Recommended Reading: Kristen Eichensehr on Classifying the Election System as “Critical Infrastructure” in Response to Russian Hacks
Several news outlets are reporting that the Obama Administration is likely to announce very shortly a packet of measures it will pursue in response to Russian cyber activities…
Secretary Kerry’s speech on Israel and Security Council Resolution 2334
Below is the full text of Secretary Kerry’s remarks as delivered. The speech ought to–put of course will not–put to rest plenty of misconceptions about the…