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CNN first reported yesterday explosive allegations that Russian intelligence claims to have compromising material on President-elect Donald Trump, and that the President-elect’s team cooperated with Russ...
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This morning, NBC News reported that Chelsea Manning is on the short list for a possible commutation from President Obama. Back in September—with much attention focused on a Pardon Snowden campaign—we ad...
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It’s Monday, and pretrial proceedings resume in the case of alleged al-Qaeda commander Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, aka Nashwan al-Tamir.
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We interview two contributors to CSIS’s Cybersecurity Agenda for the 45th President. Considering the track record of the last three Presidents, it’s hard to be optimistic, but Davis Hake and Nico Sell of...
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Another group of terrorism victims has filed suit against a social media company for allegedly giving material support to a terrorist group, in this case ISIS. These cases have been proliferating of late.
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To bleg: An entry on a blog requesting information or contributions.
I have such a request. I recently came across this article: Trent Moore, DARPA DEVELOPING NEW COMPUTER CODE THAT IS EFFECTIVELY HACK...
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Senator Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, stated at his confirmation hearing that waterboarding is “absolutely” prohibited by law, The New York Times writes. Tru...
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Intelligence community (IC) personnel agree to a great many restrictions that would be shocking in any other profession. They must obtain permission to travel internationally, submit detailed annual fina...
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The Senate Intelligence Committee is currently holding an open hearing on "Russian Intelligence Activities," featuring testimony by DNI James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, NSA Director Admiral Mich...
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“We assess Moscow will apply lessons learned from its campaign aimed at the U.S. presidential election to future influence efforts in the United States,” says the U.S. intelligence community in the most ...
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Russia Provides Air Support to Turkish Campaign in Syria
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The President-elect has failed to divest from his business holdings, refused to release his tax returns, and insisted that a federal anti-nepotism law won’t bar his children—who themselves retain private...
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Starting at 9:30 this morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a confirmation hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General. Video of the hearing is available belo...
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During the month of December, the Justice Department kept busy with the usual counterterrorism suspects—ISIL supporters (mostly young men) in Virginia, Ohio, and North Carolina were arrested, sentenced, ...
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On Friday morning, I will be releasing a new Brookings paper that readers may find interesting. Stewart Baker of Steptoe & Johnson and Amie Stepanovich of Access Now will be discussants on the paper, whi...
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Several points on the recently released cache of memos alleging communication between the Trump campaign and Russian officials and the possession by the Russian government of highly compromising material...
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DOD has issued the press release. Here is the opening:
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This week is set to be a busy time for the transition process as Senate Republicans prepare to hold hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Securi...
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In the month before the presidential election, soon-to-be First Lady Melania Trump announced her priority issue should her husband be elected President: cyberbullying. She apparently wasn’t joking. “Our ...
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