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Chaos at the State Department: Tillerson Is Out, Pompeo Is In—and Everybody Is Confused
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect ProPublica's continued reporting on Gina Haspel's involvement in the CIA's enhanced interrogation program and its retraction of the assertion that ... -
Livestream: Senate Armed Services Hearing on the Cyber Posture of the Services
The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity is holding a hearing Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. on "The Cyber Posture of the Services." The subcommittee will hear testimony from the following... -
U.K. Prime Minister's Speech on the Russian Poisoning of Sergei Skripal: Decoding the Signals
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that it was “highly likely” that the Russian government was behind the poisoning and attempted murder of former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Sk... -
Livestream: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Freedom of Information Act
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. on "The Freedom of Information Act: Examining the Administration's Progress on Reforms and Looking Ahead." The committee ... -
Livestream: Senate Armed Services Hearing on U.S. Central and Africa Commands
The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command. The committee will hear testimony from Gen. Joseph Votel, commander ... -
Who Cares About Cybersecurity?
In the professional world of Lawfare (national security, homeland security, intelligence, privacy and civil liberties) nobody would doubt the salience of questions of cybersecurity. They seem to resonate... -
Putting the Yemen Resolution in Procedural Context
Last Wednesday, Feb. 28, a bipartisan coalition of senators introduced a proposed new joint resolution seeking to compel the Trump administration to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen. ... -
The Most Important Report of the Trump Administration (So Far) is Due on Monday
This coming Monday, March 12, the Trump administration is expected to produce a “report on the legal and policy frameworks for the United States’ use of military force and related national security opera... -
Livestream: House Homeland Security and Armed Services Committee Hearings on Cybersecurity and the Military
The House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection and Oversight and Management Efficiency are holding a hearing Wednesday affternoon at 2:00 p.m. on "Examining DHS'... -
Livestream: Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Hearing on Security Clearance Reform
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is holding a hearing Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on "Security Clearance Reform." The committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses: -
Livestream: House and Senate Armed Services Committee Hearings on National Security
The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on "Worldwide Threats." The committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses: Daniel Coats, director o... -
Public Confidence in the Mueller Investigation and Other Russia Investigations is Growing, But the Large Partisan Divide Remains
In July, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. As part of this project, we asked a battery of questions in e...
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