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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Attorney General’s CBS Interview
Jan Crawford’s extraordinary CBS interview with Attorney General William Barr was released on Friday, May 31. In it Barr said some good things about why his investigation of the Trump campaign investigat... -
A Different View on the President’s Delegation of Declassification Authority to the Attorney General
President Trump’s delegation of a narrowly defined declassification authority to Attorney General Bill Barr has attracted criticism, notably on this site by my colleagues David Kris and Benjamin Wittes. ... -
Robert Mueller’s Sense of Duty Illuminates His Tough Choices
Reactions to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s public appearance on Wednesday morning came swiftly, arriving on cable TV panels and social media platforms even before he finished his brief stateme... -
Robert Mueller's Written Statement on the Russia Investigation
On Wednesday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a statement about the Russia investigation. The statement, as prepared for delivery, is available below. Two years ago, the Acting Attorney Genera... -
Livestream: Special Counsel Robert Mueller Delivers Statement on Investigation
Special Counsel Robert Mueller will deliver a statement at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday on the investigation he led into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. A livestream is available below, via th... -
Matter of M-S- and the Continuing Battle Over ‘Zero Tolerance’
Asylum seekers who have passed their credible fear interviews—those whom immigration officers find have viable asylum claims—may no longer have access to an important protection against prolonged impriso... -
Reflections on the President’s Delegation of Declassification Authority to the Attorney General
In the wake of Watergate, a remarkable series of legislative and administrative reforms sought to prevent future abuses by making the attorney general responsible for keeping intelligence agencies within... -
When Presidents Intervene on Behalf of War Criminals
President Trump is reportedly considering ordering leniency for several U.S. service members accused or convicted of war crimes. -
Court Enjoins Border Wall Construction
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has denied in part and granted in part a motion for a preliminary injunction against the government's construction of a border wall using f... -
The Assange Indictment Seeks to Punish Pure Publication
There is a lot to digest in the superseding indictment of Julian Assange, which charges the Wikileaks founder with 17 counts under the 1917 Espionage Act in connection with the Chelsea Manning disclosure... -
The U.S. Media Is in the Crosshairs of the New Assange Indictment
I have written a lot on how hard it is to distinguish WikiLeaks from the New York Times when it comes to procu -
What’s the Point of Charging Foreign State-Linked Hackers?
The May 7 indictment of a Chinese national and unnamed conspirator for hacking and stealing data from nearly 80 million customers of the health care company Anthem in 2015, which researchers previously l...
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