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First Case Filed Against Administration’s National Security Motivated Tariffs
On April 2, China hit back against the Trump administration’s recently announced steel tariffs, announcing duties on 128 different U.S. products. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Trump administration levied sanctions against several close allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Those sanctioned include Russian oligarchs and polit... -
Summary: New Filings in 11 Guantanamo Detainees’ Latest Habeas Petitions
In January, I wrote about the petition filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in D.C. -
Is Cybersecurity Improving?
Is cybersecurity improving overall? By at least some measures the answer is a surprising “yes.” This annual report from FireEye gives us at least two reasons to think that trend lines are actually improv... -
Oral Argument Summary: Doe v. Mattis
Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument in Doe v. Mattis, the case of a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen (John Doe) detained in Iraq by the U.S. military. Judges Sri Srin... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Administration officials said that President Trump intends to impose further sanctions on Russia by Friday, the Washington Post reports. The sanctions will apparently target at least a half-dozen Russian... -
What Tuesday’s Post Story Reveals About the Absurd OLC Opinions Protecting a President From Indictment—and Mueller’s Reading of his Authority
The Washington Post’s recent report that the president is a subject in the special counsel investigation raises a number of intriguing questions—among them, who leaked information about discussions betwe... -
Rational Security: The "Return of Susan" Edition
Susan is back with a hilarious story about how Devin Nunes sent her blood pressure soaring—and sent her into the delivery room. Robert Mueller tells the president’s lawyers that Donald Trump is the subje... -
Questions Congress Should Ask Mark Zuckerberg
In light of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg agreed to testify before Congress. -
The Supreme Court of Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg Floats a Governance Structure for Online Speech
Mark Zuckerberg is on a charm offensive. Fresh off a round of interviews with various media outlets following the revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data in the 2016 election, the Fa... -
A Hard Transparency Choice: What is WikiLeaks?
I’ve written on Lawfare about the intelligence community’s transparency plan and have previously outlined a framework for how we might think about transparency efforts. -
Trump’s New National Security Team Likely Spells Disaster for the Iran Nuclear Deal
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
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