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More on Rule of Law in the Trump Administration and the Role of Congress
The President, through his Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is fighting again with the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The dispute is over OGE access to granted ethics waivers that have permitt... -
U.S. and France as a Case Study for Mutual Legal Assistance Challenges and Reform
This post is part of a series written by participants of a conference at Georgia Tech in Surveillance, Privacy, and Data Across Borders: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives. -
Flynn Misled Pentagon Security Clearance Investigators on Russia Payments, Cummings Says
Hours after former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn indicated his refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Ranking Member of the House Committee on O... -
Michael Flynn Declines to Comply with Senate Intelligence Committee Subpoena
Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has declined to comply with a subpoena issued by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to obtain records of Flynn's communications with Russi... -
Why Is the US More Likely to Sanction Chinese Companies for Supporting Iran than for Supporting North Korea?
Lost amid the fallout of President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey last week was the U.S. Treasury Department’s announcement of new sanctions on individuals and companies found to be supportin... -
DOJ Cross-Border Legislation: Meeting Human Rights Requirements from Both Sides of the Pond
This post is part of a series written by participants of a conference at Georgia Tech in Surveillance, Privacy, and Data Across Borders: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives. -
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Former FBI Director James Comey has agreed to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Times reported over the weekend. His testimony, before an open hearing of the committee, will be schedu... -
China’s Employment of Unmanned Systems: Across the Spectrum from Peacetime to Wartime
While China has become a driving force for the proliferation of UAVs worldwide through its extensive and increasing exports, China’s own use of these systems could also influence global norms regarding t... -
Lessons from the Mutual Legal Assistance Reform Effort
This post is part of a series written by participants of a conference at Georgia Tech in Surveillance, Privacy, and Data Across Borders: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives. -
Your City or Your Soul: On Moral Compromise and Government Service
In the weeks and months after the presidential election—and even before it—an unusual debate took shape on the pages of Lawfare and elsewhere: Would it be possible to serve ethically in a Trump administr... -
Navigating Misaligned Law Enforcement and Company Interests in Data Breach Investigations
This post is part of a series written by participants of a conference at Georgia Tech in Surveillance, Privacy, and Data Across Borders: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives.
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