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Leaks, Mutual Self-Restraint and Credibility
On our new Foreign Policy feed, Helen Klein Murillo examines the delicate balance struck between the government and journalists on leaks in light of Attorney General Jeff Sessions's press conference on l... -
Water Wars: As Nuclear Tensions Rise, Trump’s Third FONOP
USS John McCain Loiters at Mischief Reef, while China Readies its First Indigenous Carrier (Photo: US Navy) -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The U.S. government expelled two diplomats from the Cuban embassy in Washington in May, the Associated Press reports. The move followed findings that an estimated five U.S. diplomats stationed in Havana ... -
Mapping the Legal Contours for Internal Deployment of Military Forces in Kenya
On March 17, 2017, President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to mount an operation in the Rift Valley to quell hostilities in the region. KDF has also been deployed to conduct an op... -
Transgender Servicemembers Sue Trump
A new lawsuit filed in federal district court in the District of Columbia on behalf of five transgender servicemembers challenges President Trump’s apparent reversal of the military’s transgender service... -
Rational Security: The 'Fire and Fury' Edition
President Trump warns North Korea not to “make any more threats to the United States” with its pursuit of a nuclear weapon. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces a new crackdown on press leaks. And th... -
Some Complicated Thoughts on Leaks and Leak Investigations
On our new Foreign Policy feed, we puzzled through what to think about Attorney General Jeff Sessions's press conference last week announcing a new Department of Justice effort against leaking. The artic... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
FBI agents working for special counsel Robert Mueller executed a search warrant against the home of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort early in the morning of July 26, the day after Manafort me... -
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Issues Writ of Mandamus in 9/11 Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued a writ of mandamus in the 9/11 case, directing that Judge Scott Silliman of the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) recuse himself fr... -
On the Role of Congress and the Courts in the Special Counsel Investigation: A Brief Reply to Rick Pildes
My colleague Rick Pildes has made a thoughtful, well-crafted case for the constitutionality of a judicially enforceable codification of the Department of Justice special-counsel regulations. A bill recen... -
The National Security Law Podcast: Don’t Pop the Accountability Champagne Quite Yet
In this bizarrely titled episode (OK, they pretty much all have bizarre titles), Professors Vladeck and Chesney take on four developments in national security law from the past week. First, they explore... -
The State of State-Building in Afghanistan
At first glance, the Afghan state seems to be badly flailing, if not outright failing. Kabul’s politics are as divisive and paralyzed as at any time since 2001, while the Taliban presence is growing in t...
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