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Document: July 2018 NATO Summit Communique
On Wednesday, the North Atlantic Council released the following communique on behalf of the heads of state of NATO member-countries. The full document is below. -
In the House Strzok Hearing, a Reminder of Congress’s Shortcomings on Oversight
The House of Representatives hearing Thursday with FBI agent Peter Strzok was far from the chamber’s finest 10 hours. The shortcomings, however, go beyond the House’s role in partisan political fighting ... -
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Have a Disastrous Yemen Strategy
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’s deepening intervention in Yemen is the triumph of hope over experience. Riyadh’s latest campaign in Yemen began in 2015 to topple the then-triumphant Houthi re... -
The Week That Will Be
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Climate Change Is Real at the FBI—and Here is the Data to Prove It
Employee survey results show that staffers are still proud to work for the FBI—but confidence in the bureau’s leadership has taken a big hit. -
Setting Expectations for the Helsinki Summit
Editor’s Note: The U.S.-Russia relationship is at the center of the Trump administration. At home, the investigation over Russian interference in the 2016 election continues to enrage the president, whil... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Monday, President Trump nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the D.C. Circuit to succeed Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Senate Democrats and critics of the nomination have alleged that Kavanaugh’s expre... -
Russia Indictment 2.0: What to Make of Mueller’s Hacking Indictment
As President Trump prepares to meet with Vladimir Putin, his Justice Department says it can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the Russian president has been lying about his country’s involvement in th... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Emergency Edition: GRUccifer 2.0 Indictment!
On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for their role in the theft and dissemination of documents from the DNC, the DCCC and the Clinton campaign during the 2... -
Kavanaugh and the Military Commissions: Reading the Law “As Written” for an Unpopular Defendant
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s judicial record on the Guantanamo military commissions is richer and less one-sided than some analysts, including Steve Vladeck in the Washington Post, have suggested. -
Document: Special Counsel Indicts 12 Russian Intelligence Officers for Hacking DNC and Clinton Campaign
A grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an 11-count indictment charging 12 Russian intelligence officers for their roles in federal crimes attempting to interfere with the 2016 election. The fu... -
Are Military Courts Really Just Like Civilian Criminal Courts?
At the end of the last term, the Supreme Court decided in a 7-2 opinion that the high court exercises appellate jurisdiction over the United States’ military justice system—a system it says begins at the...
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