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How President Trump’s Comments on ‘Flipping’ Witnesses Undermine Law Enforcement
What does it mean for a criminal defendant to “flip”? Last week, President Donald Trump slammed the practice of calling cooperating defendants to testify against others in exchange for a reduced sentenc... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Federal law enforcement officers arrested a California man, Robert D. Chain, on Thursday after he made several threatening calls to the Boston Globe, reports the Post. In his phone calls threatening to s... -
Document: W. Samuel Patten Charged With Acting as an Agent of a Foreign Power
Longtime Washington political operative W. Samuel Patten was charged on Friday for failing to register as an agent of a foreign principal under 22 U.S.C. §§612 and 618(a)(1). The Justice Department alleg... -
Copyright Law Could Stop 3-D Printed Guns. Should It?
Cody Wilson’s legal battle to post his plastic gun schematic is awful, pitting speech values against human lives, raising the specter of more mass shootings, and casting a dark shadow on what should be t... -
3D-Printed Plastic Guns: Five Reasons to Worry
This week saw law and common sense unite in opposition to the widespread availability of dangerously untraceable, undetectable guns. -
Inching Closer to a Showdown Over the Fate of Captured Islamic State Fighters
More than 600 Islamic State fighters from a variety of countries are being held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria, but no one thinks this situation can last. Frantic diplomatic negotiations ... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Recently declassified documents illustrate the critical role Iran played in shaping the Iraq war, according to the Wall Street Journal. The documents shed light on the relationship between Iran and one o... -
Judge Brett Kavanaugh on National Security: A Reader’s Guide
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to begin hearings Sept. 4 on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Kavanaugh would replace the high court’s most fre... -
A Meta-FOIA Request: How Did the Postal Service Release a Congressional Candidate’s SF-86?
This past Tuesday, congressional candidate and former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger announced that her political opponents appeared to have acquired a copy of her SF-86, a form used by the federal gover... -
A 'Safe Third Country' Agreement With Mexico Won’t Fix U.S. Migratory Challenges
The Trump administration’s efforts to establish a “zero tolerance policy” prosecuting all irregular border-crossers ended in high-profile disarray but the fallout continues. Months after the president si... -
Rational Security: The 'Kim Jong Umm Just Kidding' Edition
A former NSA contractor receives a stiff prison sentence for giving classified information to journalists. Nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea hit big roadblocks. And the administration backs off ... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Bonus Interview with Bruce Schneier (2015)
We’re still on hiatus, but we’re back again this week with another bonus episode.
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