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More information is coming out in the media about the whistleblower complaint that Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Joseph Maguire blocked the inspector general of the intelligence communit...
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The Wall Street Journal provides new details about a July call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which Trump allegedly urged the Ukrainians “about eight times” to...
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Corey Lewandowski’s testimony and the mysterious whistleblower complaint both involve allegations of outrageous presidential behavior and feature aggressive efforts by the administration to impede congre...
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The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Sept. 18 on oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), examining specifically whether to reauthorize four provisions of the act set to exp...
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Most people who follow the debate over unbreakable, end-to-end encryption think that it’s more or less over. Silicon Valley has been committed to offering such encryption since at least the Snowden revel...
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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York released a series of documents revealing that President Trump is suing both Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and the accounting fi...
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James Comey famously does things his own way, and the Department of Justice inspector general has not approved. Having criticized the former FBI director’s handling of the Clinton email investigation, th...
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The Washington Post reported Wednesday evening that the intelligence community’s whistleblower complaint involved President Trump making a “promise” to a foreign leader over the phone, according to two f...
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And we’re back, with a lot of news to cover! Tune in for discussion and (respectful) debate with our cohosts, Professors Vladeck and Chesney, as the review:
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From Sept. 2 to Sept. 6, the United States conducted its first-ever joint naval exercise with all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise (AUMX)...
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The Director of National Intelligence refuses to tell Congress about a whistleblower allegation that may involve President Trump. Israelis go to the polls as Benjamin Netanyahu fights to maintain power. ...
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General Counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Jason Klitenic, released two responses to letters from House Permanent Special Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Committee ...
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President Trump announced via Twitter this morning that he had “just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!" Trump’s comments come days after...
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The “techlash” of the past few years represents a moment of quasi-constitutional upheaval for the internet. The way a few private companies have been “governing” large parts of the digital world has suff...
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The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on "Oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. The hearing will feature testimony from Brad Wiegmann, Deputy Ass...
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In 2018, U.S. cyber strategy shifted from a reactive, deterrence-based approach to the forward-postured, proactive policy of persistent engagement. Persistent engagement broadly entails more active defen...
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A new Lawfare Institute e-book, "The United States and the Use of Force Against Iran,” is now available on Kindle.
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The Justice Department has filed a civil complaint against Edward Snowden alleging that he violated non-disclosure agreements he signed with the CIA and NSA by both giving interviews he and failing to su...
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President Trump emphasized his desire for diplomacy with Iran instead of a military response in the wake of reports suggesting Iranian culpability for attacks on Saudi oil facilities. Trump said, “I know...
