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What Facts Would Deny the Trump Campaign First Amendment Protections in Colluding with Russia
The leading First Amendment and media law expert Floyd Abrams discusses Russia collusion case.
How the First Amendment Shield for Christopher Steele Can Protect Russians Too
The First Amendment ended a lawsuit against Christopher Steele over his Dossier--and could protect some Russian election meddlers too.
Six Big Takeaways from Mueller’s Indictment of Russian Intel Officers
One of the biggest takeaways from Mueller's indictment? WikiLeaks appears to have been deeply involved in a Russian intelligence operation.
Testimony from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Hearing on Election Interference
Ryan Goodman, Just Security‘s co-editor-in-chief, is testifying on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of its hearing on, “Election Interference:…
The DNC Lawsuit and First Amendment Sensitivities
The First Amendment generally bars civil or criminal liability for publication of truthful material about a matter of public concern. That is true even in the case of stolen information.…
Mueller’s Choice of Criminal Charges: Why the Trump Team Should Be Very Worried
The Russians not only told the Trump campaign that they had dirt on Hillary Clinton in the form of thousands of emails, but also previewed for George Papadopoulos that they could…
The Trump-Russia-WikiLeaks Alliance and Campaign Finance Laws
The news cycles are busy with revelations about the Trump campaign-Russia-WikiLeaks connections, and they may be moving more quickly than the capacity to absorb their legal significance.…
Kushner’s Unsatisfactory Senate Document Production
The most incendiary part of a stinging letter from Senate Judiciary Committee leaders to Jared Kushner’s counsel, Abbe Lowell, is the committee’s disclosure that “other…
Full Text (Photo Images) of Donald Trump Jr and Wikileaks Correspondence
Following The Atlantic‘s Julia Ioffe ‘s scoop revealing the private correspondence between Donald Trump Jr. and Wikileaks, the President’s son released, over…
The Constitutional Rubicon of an Assange Prosecution
If you were tuning in and out of FBI Director James Comey’s hearing before the House Intelligence Committee last Wednesday, you probably got an earful about Comey’s public…
Reforming 702: Does NSA Minimize Cloud Files?
Yesterday, I wrote generally about the problems with section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA). Today I want to focus on categories of information—including content—that…
Which Congressional NSA Reform Proposals Will the Obama Administration Now Support?
A lot of my reactions to yesterday’s surveillance reform speech by President Obama have already been captured by others, including David Cole in his thoughtful take over…