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Losing Control Over Returnees?
Editor’s Note: Perhaps the biggest counterterrorism challenge facing European states is how to handle their citizens who went to fight in Iraq and Syria and now seek to return. Europe's response has been... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey, Molly Reynolds and Margaret Taylor analyzed the ongoing impeachment inquiry, suggesting that Congress should carefully consider its procedural strategy to maintain the legitimacy of the ... -
Giuliani Associates Indicted on Campaign Finance Charges
Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, David Correia and Andrey Kukushkin have been indicted by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York on campaign finance charges. Parnas and Fruman have been reported to ha... -
When Dissent Is the Only Choice: A Response to 'Intelligence and Public Dissent'
Joshua Rovner’s insightful response to my post on politicization by a loyalist director of national intelligence (DNI) focuses on the issue of public dissent. Rovner and I share many concerns about who P... -
Intelligence and Public Dissent: A Response to 'The Dangers of a Loyalist Director of National Intelligence'
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence Releases Section 702 Documents and Opinions
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released partially redacted documents related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s (FISC) authorization of the 2018 certifications under Se... -
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The ‘India Question’ in Afghanistan
Editor’s Note: Pakistan and the United States are not the only important outside actors in Afghanistan. India has long courted the government in Kabul, and Islamabad views this potential relationship wit... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Let's start with the new developments in L’Affaire Ukrainienne. Michel Paradis discussed seventeenth-century English history, offering lessons from the impeachment of King Charles I for members of Congre... -
Three Lessons From the First Time a Head of State Was Impeached
When the Framers wrote impeachment into the Constitution, they were drawing on a long history of English common law. But situated within that history, the first impeachment of a head of state had taken p... -
Call for Nominations: 2019 Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship
The Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin and Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law (ONU), in consultation with the American Association... -
Justice Department Filing in New York Trump Tax Returns Case
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) filed a statement of interest in the case involving President Trump’s challenge to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.’s su... -
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The Dangers of a Loyalist Director of National Intelligence
Editor’s Note: The acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, distanced himself from the Trump administration’s rhetoric during congressional testimony this past week as he defended the ac... -
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Whistleblower’s Counsel Signals Intent to Contact Congress Directly
Counsel for the IC whistleblower contacted acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire to inform of the whistleblower’s intention to “contact the congressional intelligence communities direct... -
In Hoffa’s Shadow
Today is the publication date for my new book : “In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth.” Here is a description from the book’s web page: -
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Succession Politics and the Renewed Threat of Ethnic Violence in Kenya
Editor’s Note: Kenya’s politics often appear peaceful, but they are punctuated by dangerous periods of intense violence, particularly during election season. For now, Kenya’s main groups are at peace, bu... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes offered some thoughts connecting two of the week’s big stories, the Corey Lewandowski testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and the intelligence official’s whistleblower complaint.
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