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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lawyers representing former national security adviser John Bolton have discussed the potential for a closed-door deposition with the three House committees leading the impeachment inquiry, according to C... -
New U.N. Report on Online Hate Speech
David Kaye, the United Nations special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the freedom of opinion and expression, recommended in June 2018 that social media companies adopt international human ... -
The Collapse of the President’s Defense
All that’s left to defenders of President Trump in Congress is to make noise. -
Inspectors General Criticize OLC Whistleblower Opinion
Multiple federal inspectors general signed onto a letter addressed to the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), expressing their support for the determination by the inspector general of the intelligence commun... -
U.S. and China Reach Verbal Trade Agreement; Tensions Flare Over NBA GM’s Tweet on Hong Kong
U.S. and China Reach Verbal Agreement on “Phase One” of Trade Deal, but Uncertainty Remains -
Summary: Recent Rulings by the FISC and FISCR
On Oct. 8, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declassified two opinions released by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
House Republicans staged a protest which caused a five-hour delay in the impeachment inquiry deposition of Laura K. Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary of defense, reports the New York Times. The Republ... -
Nonconsensual Pornography, Political Scandals and a Warning for 2020
Amid the hubbub of L’Affaire Ukrainienne, you could be forgiven for overlooking another story that has emerged out of Congress over the past week. It’s a grubby, unpleasant story—so much so that it feels... -
Artificial Intelligence Research Needs Responsible Publication Norms
After nearly a year of suspense and controversy, any day now the team of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers at OpenAI will release the full and final version of GPT-2, a language model that can “ge... -
On the Ground in Northern Syria
President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from observation posts in northeastern Syria has paved the way for Turkey’s military offensive into areas inhabited by Syrian Kurds and other minority c... -
Rational Security: The 'Quid, Meet Quo' Edition
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine delivers devastating testimony about a quid pro quo. The White House chief of staff says that quid pro quo was real—then says it wasn’t. Plus the latest breaking news on ... -
The National Security Law Podcast: We Almost Tried Hard!
We’ve got a short one this week, but also we didn’t plan or prep much, so we have that going for us!
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