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Venezuela: A Refugee Crisis in for the Long Haul
For the past two years, the Trump administration has focused on slashing the number of refugees entering the United States, dropping the cap from 85,000 in 2016 to just 30,000 for 2019. These efforts hav... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
A gunman opened fire on a meeting between Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller—the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan—and Afghan provincial officials, at least three of whom were killed in the attack. At least thre... -
The Unfinished Business of Information Sharing: Why the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division Belongs With DHS
Darren E. Tromblay has served the U.S. Intelligence Community, as an Intelligence Analyst, for more than a decade. He is the author of Political Influence Operations (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) and the ... -
A Tale of Two Narratives
PDF Version A review of Greg Miller, “The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy” (HarperCollins Publishers, 2018) *** Two narratives about Russian interference in the 2016... -
Four Months Later, How Are Courts Interpreting Carpenter?
Last June in a 5-4 ruling in Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court extended Fourth Amendment protections to an individual’s cell phone location data for the first time. -
The U.S. Government Needs to Better Immunize Itself From Supply-Chain Attacks
It has now been two weeks without confirmation of Bloomberg’s reporting concerning a supply chain attack targeting SuperMicro motherboards from any news outlet. -
Rational Security: The 'Rogue Killers' Edition
The disappearance of a Washington Post journalist becomes a foreign policy crisis for the Trump administration. U.S. and European intelligence officials say Iran may be planning attacks in Europe. And th... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Turkish intelligence officials have audio recordings chronicling the brutal murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says the New York Times. As the Turkish media is closely controlled by ... -
SinoTech: Pence Calls Out China’s Intellectual Property Practices and Bloomberg Report on Spy Chips Draws Backlash
Pence Calls Out Chinese Intellectual Property Theft -
Senior Treasury Department Employee Charged with Unlawful Disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports
On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest of a senior employee at the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN. -
Proposal for a Cyber-International Committee of the Red Cross
This article proposes the creation of an international organization modeled after the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide assistance and relief to vulnerable citizens and enterpris... -
Did the President’s Tweets Lead Prosecutors to Seek the Death Penalty for Sayfullo Saipov?
Much has been written, on Lawfare and elsewhere, about the dangers of presidential interference with the Justice Department and, in particular, the special counsel’s investigation.
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