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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... -
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...
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