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The Search for Authorization: Three Eras of the President’s National Security Power
The constitutional text governing national security law is full of gaps and oversights. This is particularly true with regard to the President. Notwithstanding occasional claims of extra-constitutional, ... -
General Cartwright Charged with Making False Statements on Stuxnet Leak
Former deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James "Hoss" Cartwright has been charged with making false statements regarding the leak of classified information on Stuxnet. -
The Power To Wage War Successfully
A little more than 99 years ago, and several months after the United States declared its entry into the Great War against the Central Powers of Europe, Charles Evans Hughes declared in a widely publicize... -
VP Debate Should Ask Where Candidates Stand on an ISIS AUMF
Tonight, Longwood University will host the first and only debate between Vice Presidential candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence. -
The Law of Retired Military Officers and Political Endorsements: A Primer
Among the many novel features of the 2016 presidential election campaign is the increasingly visible participation of former military officers in the political process. Below is a brief primer on the leg... -
In Defense of the Washington Post's Much Maligned Snowden Editorial
To see the Snowdenistas and many media elites clutching for their smelling salts, you’d think my former colleagues at the Washington Post editorial page had stabbed Edward Snowden in the back after swear... -
Why Global Privacy Should Matter to Americans: A Reply to Jack Goldsmith
Jack Goldsmith’s response to my call for a pardon for Edward Snowden deserves a reply. I also have a few thoughts on what Susan Hennessey and Ben Wittes have now added to the debate. -
Clemency for Snowden? What the Debate Can’t Tell Us
Prior to last week, one might have been forgiven for thinking that Edward Snowden had fallen out of the news. Now, however, Oliver Stone’s new film Snowden and the ACLU-Amnesty International campaign to ... -
No Pardon for Snowden but a Commutation for Chelsea Manning
Let’s start with an obvious point: As Jack Goldsmith pointed out last week, President Obama is not going to pardon Edward Snowden. It’s just not going to happen. Period. And everyone involved in the camp... -
Why President Obama Won't, and Shouldn't, Pardon Snowden
A “pardon Snowden” campaign was launched Wednesday, in conjunction with the Snowden film. Snowden himself made the “moral case” case for why he should be pardoned, and Tim Edgar made a much more powerfu... -
House Intelligence Committee Releases Snowden Report Summary
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted unanimously on Thursday afternoon to approve a report on Edward Snowden finding that he "did tremendous damage" to U.S. national security. The e... -
Why Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden
I have signed on to the letter asking President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden that was released today. I know this will be an unpopular position among many of my former colleagues in the national securi...
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