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Livestream: Senate Intelligence Hearing on Worldwide Threats
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The Durham Investigation Is Not About the Steele Dossier
A letter this week from two Republican House members to John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, revealed that the lawyer for former FBI General Counsel James Baker had said that Baker could not an... -
Three FISA Authorities Sunset in December: Here’s What You Need to Know
Thought we were done with surveillance-law debates, at least for a few years? Not by a long shot. A sunset is looming for three provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. What’s at stake? H... -
Document: Goodlatte and Gowdy Letter Regarding Joint Investigation
Reps. Bob Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy, chairmen of the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight, respectively, have released the below letter regarding the committees' joint investigation into the FB... -
Restoring U.S. Intelligence After the Trump Presidency
The recent midterm elections served as a reminder—comforting to many—that the Trump presidency will end. The next president will be challenged to heal a fractured society, return integrity to public serv... -
Document: Transcript of James Comey's Dec. 7 Interview With House Committees
The transcript of former FBI Director James Comey's interview before the House judiciary committee and oversight committee is available here and below. -
Tabish v. Attorney General and the Legal Framework Governing Physical Coercion in ISA Interrogations
Recent legal developments have again brought the interrogation practices of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) to the fore. As new details emerged about the first-ever criminal investigation against ISA i... -
Document: Don't Take Trump's Tweets Literally, Justice Department Argues
The Department of Justice submitted an unusual court filing in litigation over the release of the Carter Page FISA, arguing that the president's statements on Twitter concerning the Page FISA should not ... -
A Path Forward for Post-Trump Reforms
The election of a Democratic House of Representatives begins the process of holding President Trump accountable and brings into focus how, in the years to come, Americans should think about repairing the... -
What to Look for in Possible Assange Charges
There’s much that’s not clear about reports that the U.S. government may have filed charges against the Wikileaks founder. Here are some questions we’ll be asking when there’s more information. -
Document: Justice Department Charges Chinese Intelligence Officers and Recruits in Commercial Hacking Conspiracy
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment in the Southern District of California charging 10 defendants, including Chinese intelligence officers and their recruits, in two conspiracies... -
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 ...
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