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Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump will meet today with French President Emmanuel Macron in a hastily arranged meeting just a few days after Trump’s return from the G20 summit in Hamburg, the New York Times writes. Macron,... -
Congress and Counterintelligence: The Unique Vulnerabilities of the U.S. Congress to Malign Foreign Influence
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Is It A Crime?: Russian Election Meddling and Accomplice Liability Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
There’s been a lot of bad news for the Trump team this week. Shocking revelations regarding a meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort and someone they believed to be a represen... -
Invasion of Privacy Suit Filed against Trump Campaign over Leaked Emails
Two Democratic Party donors and one DNC staffer have filed suit for invasion of privacy against the Trump campaign and campaign associate Roger Stone for alleged coordination with the Russian government ... -
Rational Security: The "Looks Like I Picked the Wrong Week to Quit Sniffing Glue" Edition
President Trump’s eldest son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to get Russian government dirt on Hillary Clinton. Iraqi forces liberate the city of Mosul from ISIS. And Trump and Putin sit down for the... -
Only 17 Percent of Americans Believe Trump is Telling the Truth About Comey
For some time, I have been frustrated by the poor state of public opinion data on national security matters. There’s virtually no long-term temperature polling of public attitudes towards major national ... -
Frustrated Foreign Fighters
Returned foreign fighters pose a significant terrorism threat to their home countries, but policies that aim to block the flow of foreigners frustrate some of these would-be jihadists. That frustration p... -
Wray Does Well; the Senate Judiciary Committee Does Not
President Trump's nominee to head the FBI, Christoper Wray acquitted himself well this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He came off as sincere, serious, and well-intentioned. He said all th... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing today on the nomination of Christopher Wray to serve as the next FBI Director, the Times reports. -
Gaza End Game?
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. Last week’s news that Gaza’s Hamas rulers have entered into a new pact with former Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan appeared to signal a new phase... -
Liveblog: Confirmation Hearing for Christopher Wray as FBI Director
Starting at 9:30am this morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a confirmation hearing for Christopher Wray, President Trump's nominee for FBI Director. Follow the livestream and keep up with ... -
Assessing the South China Sea Arbitral Award after One Year: Why China Won and the U.S. is Losing
A year ago today, an arbitral tribunal formed pursuant to the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea issued a blockbuster award finding much of China’s conduct in the South China Sea in violati...
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