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Rational Security: The "Wray of Sunshine" Edition
The Senate questions FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray. Democrats file suit against the Trump campaign over leaked emails. And the UAE is reportedly behind a cyber attack that led to upheaval in the ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a second, previously undisclosed conversation at the G20 summit earlier this month, The New York Times reports. The interaction, which may ... -
Christopher Wray Submits Responses to Questions for the Record
On Monday, FBI director nominee Christopher Wray submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee written responses to questions for the record. The full 55-page document is below. -
The US-UK Deal Is Actually Quite Good
Earlier this month Scarlet Kim and Mailyn Fidler posted an extended critique of the proposed US-UK agreement for cross-border law enforcement data requests. The critique was troubling, especially becaus... -
Refugee EO: Hawaii’s Response to the Government’s Request for a Stay
Yesterday, Hawaii posted a response to the government’s request to the Supreme Court to stay Hawaii District Court Judge Derrick Watson’s injunction regarding President Trump’s Refugee Executive Order (E... -
Could Trump Jr., Kushner, or Manafort Be Charged Under the Espionage Act?
Below is an excerpt from a piece that appeared on our Foreign Policy feed earlier today. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ike Kaveladze, an employee of Russian developers Emin and Aras Agalarov, attended as the Agalarov’s representative the June 2016 meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya, The ... -
FBI Independence: Some Thoughts in Response to Robert Litt
I appreciate Robert Litt's response to my recent Lawfare piece, which raised the possibility of Congress giving the FBI independence from presidential control by means of statutory for-cause limits on re... -
The SF-86 is Hard!
Many are suggesting that Jared Kushner may have committed a crime in failing to accurately complete his SF-86 disclosure for -
Shuttle Diplomacy Falls Short in Gulf Crisis, Israel Concerned about Ceasefire in Syria, and Two Tenuous Years of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Emirati-backed Hackers Started Gulf Crisis, According to U.S. Intelligence -
A Continuing Need for Stealth with Loud Cyber Weapons
C4ISRNET recently published an interesting and useful four-part series exploring what U.S. Cyber Command will need to operate on its own, separate from the National Security Agency. (Part I is here and p... -
The National Security Law Podcast: The AUMF: All You Ever Wanted to Know (and Plenty You Didn’t)
Want a thorough backgrounder on the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force? This is the episode for you. (This also is the episode for you if what you want, instead, is an hour of legal blather fol...
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