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A French Perspective on the Trump Administration’s New Plan for Cyber Operations

From France's perspective, letting private actors conduct hack-back operations is unacceptable domestically and should not be allowed by the international community.
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Germany’s Proposed Hack-Back Powers and Outsourced Surveillance Are Testing Constitutional Limits

Germany's proposed cyber and surveillance reforms risk enabling intelligence services to watch — and act — in secret.
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Series: Comparing National Trends in Cyber and Surveillance Expansion

Introducing a series on the expansion of cyber and surveillance powers convened by the Atlantic Council in partnership with Just Security.
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Just Security’s Artificial Intelligence Archive

Just Security's collection of 100+ articles analyzing the implications of AI for society, democracy, human rights, and warfare.
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The Bipartisan Iran War Commission We Need

Congress should establish a bipartisan commission to investigate errors in going to war with Iran and how the war has been waged.
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Deference Should Follow Expertise, Not Pretext

Anthropic v. Department of War reveals why courts must distinguish genuine national security judgments from pretextual ones and how to do it.
A voter marks a ballot at a standing booth labeled "Booth 6" with an American flag "VOTE" sign, while poll workers in masks and face shields sit at a check-in table in the foreground and another voter uses a booth in the background.

An Initial Readout of Trump’s Election-Interference Speech

An intelligence official on what the declassified material shows—and does not show—about foreign threats and the president’s allegation of an intelligence community cover-up.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with CIA Director John L. Ratcliffe (R) during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC.

When Warning Loses to Permission: Iran, Trump, and the Misapplied Label of “Intelligence Failure”

The failure point, at each stage, was not the intelligence community's analysis. It was the president’s decision-making.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 3, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Trump Drew the Right Map for AI Oversight, but Stopped at the Trailhead

Trump's new AI executive order creates the scaffolding for a workable regulatory regime, especially for cybersecurity risks, but failed to make it mandatory.
Bill Pulte, then Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2026.

The Acting DNI and the Intelligence Office Trump Wants

Bill Pulte’s appointment as Acting Director of National Intelligence suggests that ODNI may now be serving a more political function than advising the president.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Lt. Gen. James Adams III, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, acting Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and acting Director of the National Security Agency Lt. Gen. William Hartman and Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

A Mid-Life Crisis for Senate Intelligence?

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, prompting reflection on lessons learned and potential new directions.

Fool’s Gold: Speaker Johnson’s Section 702 proposal would place no limits on backdoor searches

"Members can recognize the Johnson proposal for what it is: a transparent attempt to preserve the status quo rather than answer the bipartisan calls for needed reform."
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