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The USA Liberty Act: House Judiciary’s Proposed Reauthorization of Section 702
Last week, members of the the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) introduced the “Uniting and Strengthening American Liberty Act of 2017,” known as the “USA Liberty Act.” A discussion draft of the bill had b... -
White House Misses Deadline to Begin Implementing New Russia Sanctions
While the president’s reported plans regarding the JCPOA have rightly garnered a great deal of attention, another sanctions-related deadline came and went with little fanfare. -
The Road to Decertification: How Decades of Sanctions Legislation Invited Trump's Decision
President Trump is expected to announce that he will not certify the Iran deal in a speech on Friday, October 13. -
Livestream: Heritage Hosts Coats, Rogers and Wray on Section 702 Reauthorization
On October 13, the Heritage Foundation will be hosting a live event to discuss the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702. Entitled “Renewal of FISA’s Section 702: Why... -
A Nonchalant Conclusion to Trump v. IRAP
This is the way Trump v. IRAP ends: not with a bang, but with a whimper. At least for now. -
National Security Exceptionalism and the Travel Ban Litigation
The focus of the travel ban litigation has shifted back to the federal district courts after Monday’s decision to dismiss Trump v. Hawaii as moot. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Militants in Afghanistan released an American woman and her Canadian husband, who had been held hostage for five years, according to the New York Times. The hostage-takers captured Caitlan Coleman and Jo... -
A Response to Lawfare's Comments on Our Obstruction Report
On Tuesday, Emma Kohse and Benjamin Wittes published their incisive comments on our Brookings Report, entitled “Presidential Obstruction of Justice: The Case of Donald J. Trump.” Kohse and Wittes note m... -
Reminder: Hoover Book Soiree Today on Capitol Hill: Tim Edgar's 'Beyond Snowden'
Join us this evening for a book soiree with Hoover Institution from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., when Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes will interview Tim Edgar about his new book, "Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillan... -
The Real Threat from Kaspersky Security Software
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To Certify Or Not to Certify? That’s Not the Question
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Israeli hackers notified the National Security Agency that it found NSA hacking tools on Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky’s the network, the New York Times reported.
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