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In September 2016, a Republican operative, who implied that he was working with Michael Flynn, tried locate Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails by reaching out to hacker groups that may have possessed the m... -
How the Gulf Crisis Forces Fundamental Choices in Turkish Foreign Policy
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Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins for June 29
Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Brigadier General Mark Martins released the following statement yesterday on the occasion of the conclusion of military commissions hearings this week in the case of... -
US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Dismisses Suit Over US Drone Strike
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today handed down an opinion dismissing a suit filed by the family members of individuals reportedly killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2012, which t... -
Water Wars: Tugs-of-War, Figurative and Literal
Chinese Construction and Patrolling Operations Continue Apace in Contested Waters and U.S. Doubles Down on Its Defense Commitment to Taiwan (Photo: Center for Strategic and International Studies/Asia ... -
Implementing the Refugee EO: Add Grandparents
Implementing a remedial decree always presents challenges. The Supreme Court’s partial stay of lower court injunctions of President Trump’s revised Refugee Executive Order (EO) is an acute example of thi... -
Will Russia Dial Back the Incidents at Sea?
Geopolitical tensions between the United States and Russia have gradually increased since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014, and have only intensified as investigations continue into the extent... -
It's a Good Idea, but Congress Can’t Require the U.S. Navy to Make Port Calls in Taiwan
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted on Wednesday to send the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2018 to the full Senate. The bill contains a provision “re-establishing regular ports of c... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Special Edition: Shane Harris on The Wall Street Journal's Collusion Story
Today, the Wall Street Journal published a remarkable story that for the first time offers concrete evidence—not conclusive evidence, to be sure—of attempts at collusion between people connected to the T... -
Hawaii Files Emergency Motion to Clarify Scope of Preliminary Injunction in Travel Ban Case
The State of Hawaii has filed an emergency motion to clarify the scope of the preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's travel ban, which was stayed in part by the Supreme Court. At issue... -
Court of Military Commissions Review Issues Two New Orders
The Court of Military Commissions Review (CMCR) has issued two new orders in recent days in the cases of Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi and the five accused 9/11 conspirators. In the latter case, the Miam... -
Rational Security: The "Russian Chokehold" Edition
The gang is back after a week off for foreign travel. Barack Obama may not have responded forcefully enough to Russian meddling, but is President Trump responding at all? A diplomatic crisis in the Gulf ...
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