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Documents: Justice Department Defends Mueller Report Redaction Process and Chairman Nadler Responds
On Thursday, Justice Department Spokesperson Kerri Kupec released a statement, included in full below, regarding Attorney General Bill Barr's letter concerning the Mueller report. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team said that some of their investigative conclusions were more damaging for President Donald Trump than Attorney General Bill Barr has so far portrayed them,... -
German Courts Weigh Legal Responsibility for U.S. Drone Strikes
On March 13 and 14, a German court considered two challenges to the U.S. drone program in the Middle East and East Africa. Both cases, brought before the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westph... -
Rational Security: The 'Mar-a-Lago Thumb Drive Lady' Edition
A White House official claims more than two dozen denials for security clearances were overturned. Six months after Saudi agents killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi, what has changed in the U.S-Saudi relat... -
SinoTech: U.S.-China Trade Talks Continue with an Emphasis on Tech
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer concluded another round of trade talks with their Chinese counterparts last week in Beijing. Much of this round cent... -
Road Map to Impeachment Proceedings? What Watergate Can Teach Us About Unsealing the Mueller Report
At 11:00 a.m. on March 1, 1974, lawyers and reporters gathered in Judge John Sirica’s courtroom in Washington. The Watergate special prosecutor’s office had issued its usual bland announcement: A “procee... -
House Oversight and Judiciary Committees Authorize First Subpoenas
It's been an eventful week for checks and balances. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to authorize its chairman, Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report and the underlying evidence from the Justice Department, t... -
Document: Former Military and Intelligence Officials Letter on 5G Risks
In a letter released Wednesday, six former combatant commanders and intelligence chiefs outlined “grave concerns” about risks posed by Chinese-developed 5G networks, including espionage, constraints on U... -
National Security Law Podcast: This Podcast Can Only Be Detained for Six Months
Join us as Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate the latest national security law news! This week we’ve got: -
Documents: Government Motions to Dismiss Border Emergency Lawsuits
On Tuesday, the Trump administration filed motions to dismiss in two lawsuits challenging President Trump’s use of a national emergency declaration to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The suits, C... -
Huawei and Managing 5G Risk
Based on cybersecurity concerns, the United States, Australia and New Zealand have staked out policy positions that prevent or strongly discourage the acquisition of Huawei 5G technology for use in the n...
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