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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Prosecutors in the Manafort trial are expected to rest their case today, according to the Associated Press. The trial enters its ninth day on Friday. So far, the prosecution has called over 20 witnesses,... -
Document: Cables Describe Use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques at Thailand Black Site Overseen by Haspel
Sixteen declassified cables were released on Friday that detail the enhanced interrogation techniques used at a CIA black site in Thailand during the time it was overseen by CIA director Gina Haspel in 2... -
Tech Giants at the Crossroads: A Modest Proposal
Major technology and social-media companies— think Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google— wield tremendous power. Given their reach, their financial heft, their importance to vast swaths of customers d... -
An Intelligence Reserve Corps to Counter Terrorist Use of the Internet
Never before in history have terrorists had such easy access to the minds and eyeballs of millions,” declared one journalistic account of the Islamic State’s propaganda machine and proficient use of Twi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Russia in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter earlier this year in the United Kingdom, reports BBC. -
The National Security Law Podcast: Party Like It’s June 28, 2004!
It had to happen sooner or later: an actual slow week for national security law! Ugh! Well, time to make lemonade from the lemons. A slow week in NSL news means that we can take a run at a format that... -
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes
PDF Version Review of Loch Johnson’s “Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States” (Oxford University Press, 2018). *** There are abundant recent examples of Congress exercising its... -
Trump Wants a Bigger, Better Deal with Iran. What Does Tehran Want?
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
Rational Security: The 'Ask Us Anything' Edition
With Shane and Susan away, Ben and Tamara are joined by Quinta Jurecic and Shannon Togawa Mercer to answer the questions you submitted on Twitter! It’s a potpourri of NatSec analysis, with a dollop of hu... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to propose new nuclear treaties with the United States during his meeting with President Trump in Helsinki, according to a leaked Russian document, seen by Politic... -
SinoTech: Google Plans Opening to China, and the NDAA Lets the ZTE Deal Off the Hook
The U.S.-China trade conflict has continued to escalate, as both sides appear determined not to flinch among rapidly rising tariff threats. On Aug. 7, the U.S. Trade Representative announced the list of ... -
Transatlantic Techlash Continues as U.K. and U.S. Lawmakers Release Proposals for Regulation
The 2018 “techlash” shows no sign of slowing. The last week of July saw the release of two papers containing proposals for significant increases regulation of tech companies, particularly with an eye tow...
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