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Document: Trump's Blocking of Critics on Twitter is Unconstitutional, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Rules
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued a declaratory judgment holding that President Trump's blocking of his critics on Twitter violates the First Amendment. The ruling ... -
Putting the Responsibility for ‘Crossing the Line’ Where It Belongs: The President and his White House Staff
On Monday, President Trump convened a meeting at the White House with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI director Christopher Wray about an ongoing investigation concerning the president, his... -
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. -
Document: White House Statement on Wray, Rosenstein, Coats Meeting About FBI Informant
On May 21, the White House released the following statement after the president’s meeting with the FBI director, deputy attorney general, and director of national intelligence. -
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? -
What's Important in the Senate Judiciary Committee Transcripts
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee released a batch of transcripts and materials collected from nine witnesses whom the committee interviewed over the course of its investigation into Russian e... -
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. -
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.
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