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The New York Times tells us that President Donald Trump signed a much-anticipated executive order rolling back most of former President Barack Obama’s legacy on climate change, celebrating the move as a ... -
Did the Justice Department Try to Keep Sally Yates from Testifying?
This morning, the Washington Post reported that the Justice Department sought to prevent former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates from testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intellig... -
Messages Between U.S. Agencies and Foreign Governments Not Protected by FOIA Exemption 5, Sixth Circuit Rules
The Freedom of Information Act’s Exemption 5 does not shield communications between U.S. agencies and foreign government agencies, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on Friday in Lucaj v. FBI. -
The Reach of ISIS's Virtual Entrepreneurs into the United States
The Islamic State’s use of social media and online tools to radicalize and recruit Westerners has become a subject of great interest among researchers, analysts and policy makers. Recently, attention has... -
Tonight—Hoover Book Soiree: Graeme Wood's The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
Join us tonight for the next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution, from 5-7 pm, with Graeme Wood on his new book, The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. -
What the Trump Administration Must Do to Protect Critical Infrastructure
The critical networks keep America’s lights on, our communications humming, and the banks open for business are insecure, and we’ve known it for a long time. From the Stuxnet virus to Russia’s cyberattac... -
Toward A Global Norm Against Manipulating the Integrity of Financial Data
On March 18, 2017, the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors issued a communiqué highlighting that: -
In Rare En Banc Session, Surveillance Court to Reconsider Whether ACLU Can Seek Release of Documents
All 11 judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court will rehear an ACLU claim that it has standing to assert a First Amendment right to see FISC decisions upholding the government’s bulk data co... -
What is a Civil War?
PDF version A review of David Armitage, Civil Wars: A History in Ideas (Alfred A. Knopf 2017). *** -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins for March 24
On Friday, March 24th, Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement on the pretrial hearings completed over the past week in the 9/11 case. His statement is also avai... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/22 Session: Truth, Emotional Currency, and the Law of War
Military judge Army Colonel James Pohl calls the commission to order at 8:59 AM, noting that none of the five detainees have chosen to attend this morning’s session. Prosecution team member Robert Swann ... -
Bipartisan Investigations: How the 9/11 Commission Did It
Whatever your political outlook, the ferment surrounding last year’s presidential election raises important, unanswered questions: What, precisely, did the Russians do, and were any Americans involved? ...
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