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Judge Tanya Chutkan of the D.C. federal district court issued an ordered in Doe v. Mattis on Jan. 18. Chutkan ordered the government not to transfer John Doe until Jan. 23, when the order suggests that t...
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Hawaii authorities mistakenly warn citizens they’re about to be hit by a ballistic missile. The FBI warns Jared Kushner about his relationship with a prominent Chinese-American. And we talk updates on L’...
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A review of Nitsana Darshan-Leitner and Samuel Katz's Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism’s Money Masters (Hachette, 2017).
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The National Security Law Podcast is back, with another weekly dose of national security legal news and analysis. Fresh off the stove this week we have:
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The Senate passed S.139, the bill reauthorizing Title XII of the FISA Amendments Act and extending the Section 702 surveillance program for six years, in a 65-34 vote, Reuters reported.
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The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin Tuesday to invoke cloture on the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, which would reauthorize for six years Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil...
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When it comes to Russia sanctions, deadlines do not seem to be this White House’s strong suit. Only three months ago, on Oct. 1, the Trump administration blew through one of the first sanctions deadlines...
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Buzzfeed News has published a lengthy story by reporters Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier entitled, "Investigators Are Scrutinizing Newly Uncovered Payments By The Russian Embassy
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Dalmazzi v. United States.
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Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller’s team is investigating a number of financial transactions between Russian officials and individuals in the United States, BuzzFeed reports. Citibank reported a series o...
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In the midst of the holidays, readers may have missed an interesting op-ed published in the Washington Post on Dec. 25 about Russia’s continuing online information operations against the United States.
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Has the U.S. government’s authority to use military detention under the 2001 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) quietly expired? So argue a group of eleven Guantanamo detainees in a habea...
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Susan Landau pointed last week to a disagreement between the two of us, saying that current definitions of cybersecurity (such as the HSPD-54 that Herb quoted) are outmoded and a new definition is necess...
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It turns out that the most interesting policy story about Kaspersky software isn’t why the administration banned its products from government use; it’s why the last administration didn’t. Shane Harris is...
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The FBI has arrested former CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee. The New York Times reported Tuesday evening that Lee is suspected of providing classified information to the Chinese government that helped Bei...
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In the coming days, the Senate is expected to take up S.139, the bill to reauthorize Title XII of the FISA Amendments Act that the House passed last week, says the Hill. The Senate debate is scheduled to...
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Trump Waives Iran Nuclear Sanctions but Deal Remains at Risk
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding an oversight hearing of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today. Kirstjen Nielsen, the newly-confirmed DHS secretary, will be testifying. You can watch t...
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Every day seems to bring a new article about China’s pervasive use of facial recognition technology.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a letter to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke, provided several bases to justify the rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Judge Wil...
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