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The Federal Vacancies Reform Act and the VA: A Study in Uncertainty and Incompetence
One of the obscure federal statutes that has come to prominence in the Trump administration is the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (FVRA), a statute designed to increase the president’s flexibility ... -
Recruiting Intelligence Sources: President Trump Makes a Hard Job Harder
Recruiting intelligence sources is hard at the best of times. And President Trump just made it harder. -
Video: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Corker-Kaine AUMF Bill
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'The Day that We Can't Protect Human Sources': The President and the House Intelligence Committee Burn an Informant
What happens when the outing of intelligence sources is the province not of rogue insiders but of senior officials in two branches of this country’s government? -
Document: CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel's Responses to Questions for the Record
On Monday, CIA director nominee Gina Haspel submitted the following responses to written questions from members of the Senate intelligence committee. -
Canada’s Long-Needed Improvements Intelligence Information-Sharing Require More Work
Canada is in the midst of a comprehensive—and long-overdue—reform of its national security institutions and legal authorities. -
Why We Don’t Support Gina Haspel for CIA Director: A Response to Benjamin Wittes
In his Tuesday post in support of Gina Haspel’s nomination to be director of the CIA, Benjamin Wittes wrote about “the insulation that Haspel stands to provide for the agency from a president hostile to ... -
Livestream: CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee
Gina Haspel, the deputy director of the CIA and President Trump’s nominee to head the agency, will testify before the Senate intelligence commitee Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on her nomination. Haspe... -
Why I Support Gina Haspel for CIA Director—Despite a Big Reservation
Gina Haspel was nominated by Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. That makes a huge difference. Here’s why the Senate should confirm her anyway. -
20 Questions the Senate Should Ask Gina Haspel
How to approach the prospective CIA director’s role in the controversial rendition, detention and interrogation program. -
The Corker-Kaine Bill Does Not Open the Door to Attacking Iran: A Reply to Liza Goitein.
I very much appreciate Liza Goitein’s response on Lawfare this morning to an earlier post -
Would the Corker-Kaine AUMF Authorize Military Strikes in Iran? A Response to Bobby Chesney
In a Lawfare post on April 25, Bobby Chesney criticizes a New York Times editorial that opined that the Corker-Kaine AUMF could be used to attack Iran or North Korea. Because this part of the editorial l...
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