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Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó released a video this morning announcing a “final phase” of an effort he called Operation Liberty to remove President Nicolas Máduro from office, reports the Was...
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On Tuesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual statistical transparency report for 2o18. The full report is available below.
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On January 17, 2019, BuzzFeed News reported a blockbuster. The headline reads, President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project.
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report found that the federal obstruction of justice statutes can apply to the president, even though the statutes do not state this expressly. Robert Mueller chose not t...
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Michael P. Fischerkeller and Richard J. Harknett have recently produced excellent writing on persistent engagement, a central element of U.S. Cyber Command’s (USCYBERCOM’s)—and the nation’s—strategy for ...
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On Episode 261, blockchain takes over the podcast again. We dive right into the recent activity from the SEC, namely, the Framework for “Investment Contract” Analysis of Digital Assets and the No-Action ...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has rejected Andrew Miller's petitions for both a panel rehearing and a rehearing en banc in his effort to quash a subpoena issued by the grand jury empanel...
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One person was killed and three were injured in a shooting on Saturday at a synagogue in Poway, Calif., reported the Washington Post. Police say that a white supremacist, anti-Semitic manifesto in the na...
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Traditional organized crime, ranging from the Italian-American mafia to street gangs, has long been a target of American law enforcement efforts. Unlike purely domestic organized crime, transnational org...
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On the morning of April 18, just hours before the long-awaited release of the Mueller report, Attorney General William Barr convened a press conference to reiterate what he viewed as the report’s “bottom...
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When it was finally unveiled, the structure of the Mueller report was consistent with what onlookers expected: As Attorney General William Barr promised, Special Counsel Robert Mueller put together one v...
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Editor’s Note: Both the United States and its adversaries back proxies around the world to advance their interests. Often the goal is to achieve important policy objectives yet avoid the costs, human and...
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President Trump proclaimed recently that his administration would be “fighting all the subpoenas.” And the headlines are filled with the proliferating disputes between the Democratic-controlled House and...
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Over the past week, the president’s statements and the executive
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As might have been expected, much this week focused on the fallout from Attorney General Bill Barr’s release of a partially-redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report.
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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) has released its annual report for 2018. The document is available here and below.
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The lawsuit is not likely to prevail on the merits. But it’s consistent with the president’s aggressive stance toward Congress and could have the effect of tying up the committee in a lengthy legal proce...
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President Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday to discuss a U.S.-Japanese trade deal, reported the New York Times. Key areas of discussion are expected to include the threate...
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Despite a diplomatic row between China and the Philippines, U.S. and Philippine military officials denied that their recent military exercise was a response to Chinese threats.