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Document: Joint ODNI, DHS, FBI and DOJ Statement on Combating Foreign Influence in U.S. Elections
On Oct. 19, the Director of National Intelligence, Department of Homeland Security, FBI and Justice Department released a joint statement underscoring the threat of foreign influence campaigns to U.S. el... -
Senior Treasury Department Employee Charged with Unlawful Disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports
On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest of a senior employee at the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN. -
Document: Privacy Oversight Board Report on Signals Intelligence Policy
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request from New York Times reporter Charlie Savage, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) has declassified its implementation report on Pres... -
Documents: Statement of Offense and Plea Agreement for James Wolfe
In June, a grand jury in the District of Columbia indicted former Senate intelligence committee security director James Wolfe on three counts of making false statements to federal investigators. On Monda... -
Document: Pretrial Hearings to Resume in Al-Nashiri Case, CMCR Rules
The Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) has ruled on former Military Judge Col. Vance Spath's decision to hold proceedings in the al-Nashiri military commissions case in abatement, reversing the j... -
Document: Chinese Intelligence Officer Indicted and Extradited to U.S. for Spying on Aviation Companies
The Justice Department has unsealed an indictment against Yanjun Xu, a Chinese intelligence officer, on four counts of conspiring and attempting to commit economic espionage and to steal trade secrets fr... -
Document: GAO Report on Defense Department Weapon Systems Cybersecurity
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its report for the Senate Committee on Armed Services examining the Defense Department's weapon systems cybersecurity. GAO investigators "rout... -
Document: National Strategy for Counterterrorism 2018
The White House released the National Strategy for Counterterrorism on Oct. 4. It is the first such strategy to be released since the publication of the Obama administration’s strategy in 2011. The full ... -
Document: Seven GRU Officers Indicted for Hacking and Disinformation Operations
On Thursday, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment of seven officers in the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, on charges of computer hacking, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft an... -
Document: Oral Argument Date Set for Guantanamo Detainee al-Baluchi
Ammar al-Baluchi is one of five Guantanamo detainees accused of planning the 9/11 attacks. In March, his counsel filed a motion for a permanent injunction with respect to unlawful trial by a capital mili... -
Document: Sen. Tim Kaine Presses the Pentagon on the Legal Definition of Collective Self-Defense
Sen. Tim Kaine has released a letter he sent to the Pentagon on Oct. 2 requesting further clarification on the Department of Defense's legal understanding of collective self-defense under international l... -
Document: ICJ Order in Iran Deal Case
On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an order establishing certain provisional measures in relation to Iran's claim that the U.S. reimposition of sanctions following Pres...
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