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Last Week at the Military Commissions: Pre-sentencing Hearings Continue in United States v. Khan
The military commission for Majid Shoukat Khan, who pleaded guilty to charges related to his role as a low-level al-Qaeda operative in 2012, reconvened on April 1, after a hiatus since July 2018. -
Document: Greg Craig Indicted on FARA Charges
On Thursday, April 11, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of former White House Counsel Greg Craig. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bonus Edition: James Comey at Verify 2019
On Thursday morning, Susan Hennessey spoke to former FBI director James Comey about encryption, China, Attorney General Bill Barr's comments to the Senate about the opening of the Russia investigation, a... -
Did Israelis Just Vote to End the Two-state Solution?
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
Document: Julian Assange Indictment
On Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia unsealed a March 6, 2018 indictment charging Julian Assange, the founder head of WikiLeaks, for conspiring to commit computer int... -
A Case Study in the Outsourcing of U.S. Border Control
Over the past year, the Trump administration has put forth an array of measures to deter immigration to the United States, including separating families, enacting a zero-tolerance stance toward irregular... -
Bill Barr’s Low Moment
Attorney General Bill Barr’s statements today on supposed “spying” by the FBI on the Trump campaign before the Senate Committee on Appropriations were indefensible. They were at once indecipherable and c... -
The U.S. Names the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Organization and Sanctions the International Criminal Court
On April 8, the Trump administration designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. A few days... -
Memo to the Press: How Not to Screw Up on the Mueller Report
The press screwed up bigly on the Barr letter. Here are nine ideas for doing better the second time around. -
Hamama v. Adducci: Narrowing Habeas Relief for Immigrants in Removal Proceedings
Earlier this April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied a petition for en banc rehearing in Hamama v. Adducci, finalizing its reversal of the district court’s preliminary injunctions s... -
Rational Security: The 'Purge' Edition
The White House launches a purge at the Homeland Security Department. Some prosecutors in Robert Mueller’s office are frustrated by the attorney general’s portrayal of their report. And the Trump adminis... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a second day of congressional budget hearings, Attorney General Bill Barr said he will review the genesis of the FBI counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, NBC News reports.
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