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Don McGahn, general counsel for the Trump transition team, gets into an elevator in the lobby at Trump Tower, November 15, 2016 in New York City.

Former Prosecutor Renato Mariotti’s Tweet Threads on National Security (Nov. 25-Dec. 1)

Here is an exposition and analysis of some of this week’s national security-related threads authored by Just Security Editorial Board member and former federal prosecutor Renato…
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a podium as Mike Pompeo and wife Susan Pompeo stand next to him during a swearing in ceremony for Pompeo to become CIA Director at Eisenhower Executive Office Building January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Iran Policy Implications of Replacing Tillerson with Pompeo and Cotton to CIA

The White House has created a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo, and then nominate Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to replace Pompeo…
Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, U.S. national security advisor, arrives to a swearing in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Flynn’s Turkish Delight: How, Why, and When He Reversed His Policy Positions on Turkey

Many commentators anticipate that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will likely indict retired lieutenant general Michael Flynn in part for the former National Security Advisor’s…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee November 14, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Former Prosecutor Renato Mariotti’s Tweet Threads on National Security (Nov. 10-17)

Here is an exposition and analysis of some of this week’s national security-related threads authored by Just Security Editorial Board member and former federal prosecutor…

Congress Steps Up Accountability for Drones Strikes and Other Military Operations

On the same day that The New York Times Magazine published a disturbing account of the monumental gap between the number of acknowledged civilian casualties and the number of casualties…

Episode 46 of the National Security Law Podcast: The $15 Million Dollar Man

In this week’s episode, your devoted hosts dig into a bonanza of national security law odds-and-ends. First up is an en banc decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance…

Russian Money and Trump’s Legal Defense

Piece by piece, we continue to learn about Russia’s assault on the 2016 election: cyberattacks on voting systems in 39 states; troll farms that pushed divisive political messages…

Who in Their Right Mind Would Believe Putin?

This article is co-published with our partners at The Atlantic.   When asked on Saturday about his conversation with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific…
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn at Trump Tower on December 5, 2016 in New York City.

Former Prosecutor Renato Mariotti’s Tweet Threads on National Security (Nov. 3-10)

Here is an exposition and presentation of some of this week’s national security-related threads authored by Just Security Editorial Board member and former federal prosecutor…

What Took So Long: The Non-Indictment of Paul Manafort Over The Years

Last week, we learned that Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, is under indictment for laundering millions of dollars worth of income to hide it from the…
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill October 18, 2017 in Washington, DC.

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.…

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…
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