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The Ethics of Separating Families at the Border
I have been thinking a lot lately about the reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have been forcibly removing children from their parents< -
Document: Forced Labor Constitutes Material Support, Board of Immigration Appeals Finds
In a June 6th ruling, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed and remanded the case of a woman appealing an immigration judge's decision to deny her asylum application because of her provision of mate... -
Document: Grand Jury Indicts Former SSCI Staffer for False Statements Regarding Contacts With Reporters
A grand jury in the District of Columbia has charged James Wolfe, the former director of security for the Senate intelligence committee, with three counts of making false statements to a government agenc... -
Censorship in the Age of Large Cloud Providers
Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. These providers have concerns that are much broader than the tar... -
The Latest—and Perhaps Last—Twist in Doe v. Mattis
The Doe v. Mattis saga has taken a significant turn, as the U.S. government continues to attempt to rid itself of the dual U.S.-Saudi citizen it has held in military custody in Iraq since last September ... -
U.N. Special Rapporteur’s Latest Report on Online Content Regulation Calls for 'Human Rights by Default'
David Kaye, the U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, released his latest report to the U.N. Human Rights Council last week. -
Was Trump’s Demand of the Justice Department Appropriate? Let the People Decide.
Over the past week, President Trump has done a great many things that have raised alarm within the national security establishment. He has attacked his attorney general’s recusal from the Russia investig... -
Document: Pentagon Inadvertently Recorded Phone Calls Between John Doe and Attorneys
The government has filed a notice with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Doe v. Mattis, informing the court that phone calls between Doe and his attorneys were inadvertently recorde... -
It’s Time for South China Sea Economic Sanctions
The most recent U.S. freedom-of-navigation operation (FONOP) in the South China Sea garnered the usual global headlines, but it also shows how ineffective such operations have been in deterring Chinese a... -
An Open Letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
One of the great privileges of my career has been the opportunity to work closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. -
Summary: Circuit Split on Device Searches at the Border in US v. Touset
More and more federal courts are confronting the question whether the government’s traditional authority to search persons and property at the border—without a warrant, and typically without any degree o... -
Military Commissions Freeze Appeals in the 9/11 Case
On Wednesday, May 23, the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR), the intermediate military appellate court responsible for reviewing military commission proceedings, announced that it currently...
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