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On Thursday, the Senate passed the bill reauthorizing the FISA Section 702 surveillance program for another six years. Emma Kohse summarized the bill. Susan Hennessey and Jack Goldsmith argued that even ...
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A review of Nitsana Darshan-Leitner and Samuel Katz's Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism’s Money Masters (Hachette, 2017).
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Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 10:00 am: The Brookings Institution will hold an event on Pakistan, America, and Extremism: The Path Ahead. Madiha Afzal, au...
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Editor’s Note: Boko Haram is one of the most violent, and least understood, militant groups in the world. Despite this bloody record, many counterterrorism policymakers and analysts misrepresent the grou...
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The week started with President Donald Trump embroiled in another controversy, as the publication of Fire and Fury sparked new conversations about the president's competence. Bob Bauer suggested that Tru...
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A review of David Stevenson's 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution (Oxford, 2017).
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Editor’s Note: The Islamic State’s territorial expansion and burgeoning online presence seemed to rise together. As the group lost territory, however, its online presence evolved. Jade Parker and Charlie...
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Lawfare began the year with a series of reflections on the state of the Trump presidency. Carrie Cordero examined the developments in President Trump’s relationship with the intelligence community throug...
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Earlier today, Lawfare published an article that was significantly beneath its editorial standards. I take full responsibility for this decision and, on behalf of myself and Lawfare’s board of directors,...
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On behalf of the University of Texas-Austin’s Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the AALS Section on National Security Law, and Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law, I am plea...
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Editor’s Note: Rampage killings are a longstanding U.S. problem that is only growing worse. After many attacks, law-enforcement officials discover social media postings or writings that indicated murder ...
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Carrie Cordero examined the developments in President Donald Trump’s relationship with the intelligence community throughout 2017. Benjamin Wittes analyzed Trump’s 2017 performance and his lackluster war...
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Are your other podcasts letting you down by taking a holiday break? Never fear, the National Security Law Podcast is here! With two hosts who would much rather be podcasting than grading exams, you are a...
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The new Supplement for Curtis A. Bradley and Jack Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2017), is now available.
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Monday, December 18 at 10:00 am: The Woodrow Wilson Center will hold an event on The Catalan Crisis: Implications for Spain and Beyond. Josep Co...
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Editor’s Note: The relationship between soldiers and civilians is a fundamental question for any democracy. In the United States, the military has long been respected, but only recently has it been idoli...
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Jordan Brunner commenced the week by reviewing the climate change provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. President Donald Trump signed the act on Tuesday. I posted his...
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6,700 Rohingya died—including 730 children under the age of 5— in the first month of the Myanmar government’s crackdown on the Muslim ethnic minority group, according to the New York Times.