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Documents: Gates Superseding Criminal Information, Statement of Offense, Plea Agreement
On Friday, the special counsel returned the following superseding criminal information in the case against Richard Gates. Gates entered into a plea agreement on Friday afternoon; a statement of offense a... -
Is Benjamin Wittes Underestimating Vladimir Putin’s Martial Arts Skills?
The first time I got the crap beaten out of me, I was a cocky 16-year old ironically on my way to, of all place, karate class. What started as a very minor auto “incident” ended as a completely avoidable... -
2018 Election Vulnerability: Voter Registration Systems
The Russian information-operation strategy can be summed up as “chaos monkeys”: agents seeking to destabilize the United States by exploiting fissures in our society. The Mueller indictments announced Fr... -
Sovereign Immunity of Foreign Central Bank Assets
Central bank property is an attractive target for creditors seeking to satisfy a judgment against a foreign state or its central bank. To what immunity is such property entitled? -
The East West Institute's New Report on Encryption: A Review
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What's New in the Paul Manafort and Rick Gates Indictment?
A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned a superseding indictment Thursday against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, whom Special Counsel Robert Mueller had previously charged with money lau... -
Document: Superseding Indictment Against Manafort and Gates
On Thursday, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia charged Paul Manafort and Richard Gates on a total of 32 counts related to bank fraud, tax fraud, and failure to report foreign bank accounts... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Pentagon is reviewing options that would enable President Trump to move national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster from his current role back to the military, CNN reports. The Defense Departmen... -
More of the Same? Human Rights in an Age of Inequality
PDF Version A review of Kathryn Sikkink’s “Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century” (Princeton, 2017). *** -
Why the Mueller Indictment Doesn't Allege the Russians Swung the Election
In announcing that 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies were being charged for “seeking to interfere in the United States political system,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein made it cle... -
Rational Security: The "Mansplaining" Edition
Bob Mueller indicts a slew of Russians who interfered in the 2016 election. Can the president distinguish between the national interest and his own? And the school shooting in Florida brings students to ... -
The National Security Law Podcast: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
An overly long episode with a short title to reflect a very busy—and somewhat bizarre—eight day stretch in the wide world of national security law. This week, your hosts weigh in on:
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