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The Lawfare Podcast: Mary Louise Kelly and Shane Harris on Covering the CIA
Back in February, we hosted Bill Harlow and Marie Harf, two former public affairs officers at the Central Intelligence Agency, to discuss how the CIA interacts with reporters on sensitive national securi... -
Document: Woman Carrying Malware Charged With Illegally Entering Mar-A-Lago
According to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Secret Service agents at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida arrested a woman who alleg... -
Intelligence Oversight Priorities for the 116th Congress
Despite the hyper-partisanship, and even in light of corrosive calls last week for the resignation of the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), the Senate S -
Document: House Letter to Barr Seeking Full Mueller Report
Six Democratic House committee chairs have sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr, following up on their previous request that the Justice Department to provide Congress Special Counsel Robert Muell... -
China's Pivot on Climate Change and National Security
For decades, China was reluctant to deem climate change a national security issue, preferring instead to view it through the lens of development. The driving concern behind China’s reticence was sovereig... -
Document: Transcript of Bill Priestap Interview with House Judiciary Committee
Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary Doug Collins (R-Ga.) has released the transcript of the committee's June 5, 2018 interview with former assistant director of the FBI Counterintellig... -
Document: Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Intelligence and Military Pre-Publication Review
On Tuesday, former intelligence and military officials filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the government's pre-publication review process, which requires former personnel to submit publ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A federal judge denied a request from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to reveal the name of the foreign firm that refused to comply with a grand jury subpoena issued by Special Counsel R... -
Document: Chelsea Manning Motion for Release Pending Appeal
Chelsea Manning, held in civil detention since her refusal in March to comply with a grand jury subpoena in Virgina federal court, has filed a motion for release pending appeal of her civil contempt char... -
Court of Military Commissions Review Upholds Life Sentence for al-Bahlul
On March 21, the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) upheld Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul’s conviction and life sentence for conspiracy to commit war crimes. The court also dismissed Bahl... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: How We Know the North Korean Embassy Break-In Wasn’t the Work of the CIA
In today’s News Roundup, Klon Kitchen adds to the North Korean Embassy invasion by an unknown group. Turns out some of the participants fled to the U.S. and lawyered up, but the real tipoff about attribu... -
Document: Inspector General Report on FBI Cyber Victim Notifications
The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Justice released a report detailing an audit of the FBI process that notifies victims of cyber intrusion. The audit's findings criticize the bure...
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