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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Senior intelligence officials described Russian interference as an ongoing threat to the United States during a Thursday press briefing at the White house, according to the Wall Street Journal. Director ... -
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: July 2018
A year ago, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of July 2018. -
Brett Kavanaugh's Failure to Acknowledge the Changes in Communications Technology: The Implications for Privacy
Facebook became available to the general public in 2006; Apple's smartphone was announced the following year. In little over a decade, the devices, and the communications they engender, have become ubiqu... -
If Assange Leaves the Ecuadorian Embassy, What Next?
WikiLeaks founder and CEO Julian Assange might be nearing his final days in Ecuador’s London embassy, where he’s lived and worked since 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for rape charges or, potentia -
The National Security Law Podcast: Happily, We Found Someone Who Knows What They’re Talking About!
We are very excited to have a special guest this week: the one and only Amy Jeffress! Join us as Amy, Steve, and Bobby discuss: -
The U.S. 'Yellow Light' in Yemen
The United States continues to tacitly support Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’s military campaign in Yemen even as the country implodes, Iran’s influence grows and U.S. allies sink into the qu... -
Document: Judge Howell Upholds the Legitimacy of Mueller's Appointment
On Aug. 2, Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the constitutionality of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's appointment under the Appointments Clause, d... -
The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018
After several months of back-and-forth, the Senate and House of Representatives agreed on a consensus version of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) on July 23. FIRRMA reforms t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Russian government has allowed thousands of North Koreans to enter and work in Russia, potentially violating United Nations sanctions, says the Wall Street Journal. The U.N. Security Council barred g... -
Trump’s Preposterous 'Collusion Is Not a Crime' Defense: What Real Lawyers—If Asked—Would Have Advised His Campaign About the Trump Tower Meeting
The term “collusion” may be useful shorthand for describing an illicit political alliance between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, but it has been far less productive as a framework for und... -
Seven Theories of the Case, Updated: One Year Later, What More Do We Know About L’Affaire Russe?
In May 2017, we laid out seven theories that might account for the facts of the Russia Connection. While the spectrum of possibility remains vast, the more innocent explanations have clearly been ruled o... -
<i>Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law</i> June Issue Offers Insights into Legal Complexities in Modern Warfare
The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law recently published a special issue on the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The publication is the culmination of a conference that brought together more than 100 ...
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