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Developments in Syria and rising tensions with Russia drove foreign policy news this week. On Sunday, a U.S. F/A-18 shot down a manned Syrian government Su-22 bomber that had attacked the U.S.-backed Syr...
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This week, in Israel, Ben had two conversations about the television show Fauda. On Tuesday, Ben spoke with Avi Issacharoff, the show's co-creator and a journalist at the Times of Israel and Walla!. Then...
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Those following the Section 702 reauthorization debate may be interested in Germany’s recent intelligence reforms. One aspect of particular interest—which I also focus on in a new paper—is new limits on ...
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U.S. and Chinese Officials Meet for Inaugural High-Level U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue, But South China Sea Issues Feature Less Prominently Than Anticipated
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Pursuant to a FOIA request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the FISA Court has released 18 redacted opinions regarding FISA Section 702. The opinions primarily concern the authorization of ...
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This morning the Washington Post revealed in an 8,000 word deep-dive that the CIA obtained Russian President Vladimir Putin’s direct instructions for undercutting Hillary Clinton and helping Donald Trump...
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It's hard to imagine a legal topic further afield from national security law than the Origination Clause.
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When President Trump first tweeted his hint of “tapes,” he might have been just surrendering to his social media impulses. He did not have a lawyer at the time, or one he publicly admitted to having hir...
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Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
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On Tuesday, U.S. forces shot down an armed Iranian drone in southern Syria, a few days after a similarly justified strike on a Syrian aircraft that dropped a bomb near a U.S. training outpost. Combined w...
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On May 12, following the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, President Trump tweeted:
James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!
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U.S. forces participated in the interrogation of al-Qaida militants detained in secret prisons managed by the United Arab Emirates and Yemeni forces in southern Yemen, preparing questions and obtaining t...
