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December 3 2021

Curated News Roundup

EFF v. DoJ

The AUMF, ISIL, and… FOIA?

by Steve Vladeck

Sep 30th, 2015

OLC Memos and FOIA: Why the (b)(5) Exemption Matters

by Steve Vladeck

Jan 4th, 2014

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January 6 Clearinghouse

All-source, public repository of congressional hearing transcripts, government agency documents, digital forensics, social media analysis, public opinion surveys, empirical research, more.

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Featured Articles

As It Convenes a Global Democracy Summit, the United States Must Commit To Defending Democracy at Home

by Daniel Weiner and Lawrence Norden

Dec 3rd, 2021
The 2021 Just Security Holiday Reading List

by Just Security

Dec 3rd, 2021
January 6 Clearinghouse

by Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix

Dec 3rd, 2021
Omicron: The Variant that Vaccine Apartheid Built

by Matiangai Sirleaf

Dec 2nd, 2021
The Biden Administration’s Moment of Truth on Torture Evidence

by David Luban, Scott Roehm, Claire O. Finkelstein, Karen J. Greenberg, Lisa Hajjar, Jonathan Hafetz, Elisa Massimino and Gabor Rona

Dec 1st, 2021
On Ransomware, Cyber Command Should Take a Backseat

by Gavin Wilde

Nov 30th, 2021
Getting China to Yes on More Iran Sanctions

by Ambassador Robert Ford and Milan Vivanco

Nov 29th, 2021
Good COP, Bad COP: After the Mixed Results of COP26, What’s Next?

by Ben Abraham and Jocelyn Perry

Nov 24th, 2021
Tragic Mistakes: Breaking the Military Culture of Impunity

by Brianna Rosen

Nov 23rd, 2021
Centcom’s Full Statement on Baghuz Strike: Annotated

by Ryan Goodman

Nov 22nd, 2021
Stirring Trouble at the Border: Is Belarus in Violation of International Law? – Part 2

by Aurel Sari and Ben Hudson

Nov 19th, 2021
When US Security and Democracy Interests Clash

by Thomas Carothers and Benjamin Press

Nov 18th, 2021
“Full of Sound and Fury”: Afghanistan’s Tragedy Becomes America’s Drama

by Jeffrey Rogg and Andrew Stigler

Nov 17th, 2021
Questions on the Baghuz Strikes

by Brianna Rosen, Luke Hartig, Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Nov 15th, 2021
Escalating Risks on Europe’s Eastern Frontier: Belarus-Poland, Russia-Ukraine, and How the US Can Work With Its Allies

by Ambassador Daniel Fried

Nov 15th, 2021
Uncertain Future for the ICC’s Investigation into the CIA Torture Program

by Julian Elderfield

Nov 12th, 2021
American Society Will Not Abandon Our Afghan Allies

by Michael Breen

Nov 11th, 2021
Reexamining the Fundamentals of the Drone Program After the Kabul Strike

by Luke Hartig

Nov 10th, 2021
Abuse of Interpol for Transnational Repression: Assessing the FY22 NDAA’s Provisions for Prevention

by Ted R. Bromund and Jonathan Reich

Nov 10th, 2021
Afghanistan: A Way Forward for Women and Girls

by Stephenie Foster and Susan Markham

Nov 8th, 2021
The Missing Kabul Drone Strike Report

by Eugene R. Fidell

Nov 5th, 2021
A Soldier and His Establishment: In the Life of Colin Powell, Who Failed Whom?

by Heather Hurlburt

Nov 5th, 2021
An Undefined Defining Moment: Marking 20 Years of Counterterrorism Without Ever Agreeing What Terrorism Is

by Eric Rosand

Nov 4th, 2021
Getting Climate Intelligence Right

by Rod Schoonover and Erin Sikorsky

Nov 3rd, 2021
The Longest War is Over the Horizon

by Brianna Rosen

Nov 1st, 2021
The Biden Administration’s Disappointing Sanctions Report: What Should Come Next

by Elizabeth Goitein

Oct 29th, 2021
Watchlisting the World: Digital Security Infrastructures, Informal Law, and the “Global War on Terror”

by Ramzi Kassem, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi and Gavin Sullivan

Oct 28th, 2021
The Ballooning Biden Defense Budget

by Lawrence Korb and Kaveh Toofan

Oct 27th, 2021
After the Coup in Sudan: Key (Short-Term) Indicators for Democratic Survival

by Rebecca Hamilton

Oct 25th, 2021
Counterterrorism Off the Rails: Israel’s Declaration of Palestinian Human Rights Groups as “Terrorist” Organizations

by Eliav Lieblich and Adam Shinar

Oct 24th, 2021
Peace Is Threatened Again in Bosnia, A Quarter Century after Dayton

by Kurt Bassuener and Senada Šelo Šabić

Oct 22nd, 2021
Judicial Secrecy: How To Fix the Over-sealing of Federal Court Records

by Heather Abraham, Jonathan Manes and Alex Abdo

Oct 21st, 2021
How American Kleptocracy Works

by Anders Åslund

Oct 20th, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Know Risk, Know Reward

by Corin R. Stone

Oct 19th, 2021
Ruminations on the Abu Zubaydah Supreme Court Oral Argument: Three Surprising Turns

by Joseph Margulies

Oct 18th, 2021
New Data Highlight Growing Worldwide Rule of Law Crisis

by Elizabeth Andersen and Alicia Evangelides

Oct 14th, 2021
Surveillance and Privacy Scholars: Four Things the Government Needs From You

by Adam Klein

Oct 13th, 2021
Afghanistan: The Difficult Chapter Ahead

by Ambassador Cameron Munter (ret.)

Oct 12th, 2021
Filmmaker: Ex-US Envoy’s Words Tell the Story of Our Lives in Haiti

by Raoul Peck

Oct 12th, 2021
Closing Pandora’s Box

by Joshua Rudolph

Oct 7th, 2021
How Facebook is Misleading the Public About Its Role in January 6

by Justin Hendrix

Oct 6th, 2021
Why Religious Persecution Justifies U.S. Legislation on Crimes Against Humanity

by Ambassador David Scheffer

Oct 6th, 2021
Failure to Warn: War Powers Reporting and the “War on Terror” in Africa

by Brian Finucane

Oct 4th, 2021
Modern History of Disclosure of Presidential Records: On the Boundaries of “Executive Privilege”

by Ryan Goodman, Christine Berger and Margaret Shields

Sep 30th, 2021
The Role of Nuclear Weapons: Why Biden Should Declare a Policy of No First Use

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.

Sep 29th, 2021
Polemical Pacifism: The Wonkfare of Samuel Moyn

by Robert Howse

Sep 28th, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: The Tangled Web of Budget & Acquisition

by Corin R. Stone

Sep 28th, 2021
System Rivalry: How Democracies Must Compete with Digital Authoritarians

by Ambassador (ret.) Eileen Donahoe

Sep 27th, 2021
ICC Investigation of Philippines President Duterte Sends Important Signals

by Aryeh Neier

Sep 24th, 2021
Impact-Based Jurisdiction and Crimes Against Humanity Statutes Are Needed for Effective Accountability

by Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp

Sep 23rd, 2021
Congress’ Access to Individuals’ Private Communications: The Jan. 6 Committee’s Troubling Precedent

by Elizabeth Goitein

Sep 22nd, 2021
Crimes of Omission: Why a UN Treaty on Genocide but Not on Crimes Against Humanity?

by Payam Akhavan

Sep 21st, 2021
Announcing a Partnership With Oxford University Press

by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Sep 20th, 2021
In the Wake of the January 6 Attacks, Will Congress and the Administration Heed the Lessons of 9/11?

by Russ Feingold

Sep 20th, 2021
Why the UN Needs a Comprehensive “Agenda for Protection”

by Damian Lilly

Sep 20th, 2021
Striking the Right Balance for a Draft Convention on Crimes against Humanity

by Sean Murphy

Sep 17th, 2021
The Executive Branch Needs Intelligence Oversight Reform

by Steven Katz

Sep 16th, 2021
As the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Moves Forward, a View on How It Relates to the Rome Statute for the ICC

by Justice Richard Goldstone

Sep 15th, 2021
Video: Roads Not Taken – Reflections on the 9/11 Anniversary

by Jameel Jaffer and Ryan Goodman

Sep 14th, 2021
How the UN General Assembly Can Respond to Atrocity Crimes at Its 76th Session

by Rebecca Barber

Sep 14th, 2021
The Humanity of Michael Ratner, The Fabrications of Samuel Moyn

by Joseph Margulies and Baher Azmy

Sep 13th, 2021
Oh, the Humanity

by John Fabian Witt

Sep 8th, 2021
Introduction to Symposium: How Perpetual War Has Changed Us — Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11

by Tess Bridgeman, Rachel Goldbrenner and Ryan Goodman

Sep 7th, 2021
Afghanistan: A Tragic Lesson of the US Military’s Flawed Approach to Capacity Building

by Andrea Walther-Puri

Sep 6th, 2021
Aligning Sanctions Laws with Humanitarian Principles: Pre-authorizing Aid in Afghanistan and Other Crises

by Rachel Alpert

Sep 3rd, 2021
How the International Community Can Protect Afghan Women and Girls

by Heather Barr

Sep 2nd, 2021
A Visit to Northeast Syria Shows the Urgency for Governments to Repatriate Their Citizens, Many of Them Children, to Thwart ISIS

by Beatrice Eriksson

Sep 2nd, 2021
What the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan Could Mean for Guantanamo Detainees and the Due Process Clause

by Jonathan Hafetz

Sep 1st, 2021
The Politics of Repatriation and Power of Community Reintegration in Peacebuilding

by Siobhan O’Neil and Zoe Marks

Aug 31st, 2021
Addressing Masculinities and Gender Stereotypes to Prevent Violent Extremism and Terrorism

by Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Aug 30th, 2021
DOJ Should Investigate Jeff Clark and Mark Meadows for Political Coercion Act and Hatch Act Violations

by Dennis Aftergut and Kathleen Clark

Aug 26th, 2021
The Humanitarian and Policy Challenges of U.S. Sanctions on the Taliban

by Adam M. Smith

Aug 23rd, 2021
Former Chair of U.S. National Intelligence Council: Learning the Right Lessons from Afghanistan

by Gregory F. Treverton

Aug 21st, 2021
Amid Haiti’s Deepening Crisis After Earthquake, US Must Heed Citizens on Aid and Political Change

by Pierre Esperance

Aug 19th, 2021
Expert Backgrounder: How Can The Taliban Be Prevented From Representing Afghanistan In The United Nations?

by Larry D. Johnson

Aug 18th, 2021
CIA’s Former Counterterrorism Chief for the Region: Afghanistan, Not An Intelligence Failure — Something Much Worse

by Douglas London

Aug 18th, 2021
Expert Backgrounder: Recognition and the Taliban

by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Aug 17th, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Culture is Critical

by Corin R. Stone

Aug 17th, 2021
In Afghanistan, Lest We Forget

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Aug 16th, 2021
The Broader Significance of the Justice Dep’t Opinion on Congress Obtaining Trump Tax Records

by Andy Wright

Aug 13th, 2021
What Went Wrong: Two New Books Get It Right on Afghanistan

by Jason K. Dempsey

Aug 12th, 2021
Mark Meadows Timeline: The Chief of Staff and Schemes to Overturn 2020 Election

by Ryan Goodman and Juilee Shivalkar

Aug 8th, 2021
Running Out of Time – Do Not Leave Afghan Allies Behind

by Khan and Julie Kornfeld

Aug 2nd, 2021
Questions for Senators to Ask the Biden Administration at AUMF Hearing

by Brian Finucane

Jul 31st, 2021
Don’t Let the Autocrats Win – How Biden Can Use the Democracy Summit to Build Back Media Freedoms

by Amal Clooney

Jul 29th, 2021
From Suppressing the Tulsa Race Massacre to Critical Race Theory: The Privilege and Costs of Whitewashing History

by Charles P. Henry

Jul 28th, 2021
Questions the January 6 Select Committee Should Ask Its Witnesses

by Ryan Goodman, Barbara McQuade and Joyce Vance

Jul 26th, 2021
Know Your Rights: Whistleblowers and the January 6th Select Committee

by Irvin McCullough and Tom Devine

Jul 23rd, 2021
Balancing Reality and Fear: Why An Alarmist Take on Chinese Influence Operations Is Counterproductive

by Lotus Ruan and Gabrielle Lim

Jul 21st, 2021
Japan Cannot Claim Sovereign Immunity and Also Insist that WWII Sexual Slavery was Private Contractual Acts

by Dr. Ethan Hee-Seok Shin and Stephanie Minyoung Lee

Jul 20th, 2021
Can Belarus Be Free? Yes, But the West Will Need to Show More Resolve – and Less Fear of Putin

by Eric Chenoweth and Irena Lasota

Jul 19th, 2021
Turning Cuba’s Internet Back On: International Legal Options

by Michael Schmitt

Jul 19th, 2021
Encryption Originalism

by Julian Sanchez

Jul 16th, 2021
New Legislation Needed to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

by Representative Eric Swalwell

Jul 16th, 2021
Education Is a Permanent Commitment

by Ian Bickford

Jul 15th, 2021
Restoring Justice to DOJ

by Kristy Parker and Rachel Homer

Jul 15th, 2021
Long-Withheld Office of Legal Counsel Records Reveal Agency’s Postwar Influence

by Xiangnong (George) Wang

Jul 14th, 2021
With No Choice but to Continue, Women’s Entrepreneurship Presses Ahead in Afghanistan

by Manizha Wafeq

Jul 13th, 2021
How to Read the Weisselberg and Trump Entities Indictment: A Conversation with Andrew Weissmann

by Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman

Jul 9th, 2021
Taiwan vs. Tyranny: The US Must Redouble Its Commitment to Secure this Shining Hill of Democracy in East Asia

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and Mariana Budjeryn

Jul 8th, 2021

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Resources

Litigation Trackers

Litigation Tracker: Major Decisions Facing the Biden Administration

by Karl Mihm, Justin Cole, Iva Petkova, Margaret Shields, Mari Dugas, Nicholas Tonckens and Tess Bridgeman

Nov 19th, 2021
Litigation Tracker: Pending Criminal and Civil Cases Against Donald Trump

by Karl Mihm, Jacob Apkon and Sruthi Venkatachalam

Dec 4th, 2021

Series

Introduction to Symposium: How Perpetual War Has Changed Us — Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11

by Tess Bridgeman, Rachel Goldbrenner and Ryan Goodman

Sep 7th, 2021
Racing National Security: Introduction to the Just Security Symposium

by Matiangai Sirleaf

Jul 13th, 2020
New Just Security Series: Beyond the Myanmar Coup

by Just Security

Jul 19th, 2021
Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

by Christine Berger

May 29th, 2021
The Good Governance Papers: An Introduction

by Emily Berman, Tess Bridgeman, Ryan Goodman and Dakota S. Rudesill

Oct 14th, 2020

Timelines

Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6

by Justin Hendrix, Nicholas Tonckens and Sruthi Venkatachalam

Aug 29th, 2021
Mark Meadows Timeline: The Chief of Staff and Schemes to Overturn 2020 Election

by Ryan Goodman and Juilee Shivalkar

Aug 8th, 2021
The Official and Unofficial Timeline of Defense Department Actions on January 6

by Kate Brannen and Ryan Goodman

May 11th, 2021
#StopTheSteal: Timeline of Social Media and Extremist Activities Leading to 1/6 Insurrection

by Atlantic Council's DFRLab

Feb 10th, 2021
Incitement Timeline: Year of Trump’s Actions Leading to the Attack on the Capitol

by Ryan Goodman, Mari Dugas and Nicholas Tonckens

Jan 11th, 2021
Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic and U.S. Response

by Ryan Goodman and Danielle Schulkin

Nov 3rd, 2020
Timeline: The Trump Administration and the U.S. Postal Service

by Chris Shenton

Aug 24th, 2020
Timeline: Trump, Barr, and the Halkbank Case on Iran Sanctions-Busting

by Ryan Goodman and Danielle Schulkin

Jul 27th, 2020
Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy

by Ryan Goodman and Julia Brooks

Mar 11th, 2020
Timeline: Trump, Giuliani, Biden, and Ukrainegate

by Viola Gienger and Ryan Goodman

Jan 31st, 2020

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