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Livestream: Attorney General Bill Barr Press Conference on the Mueller Report
At 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Attorney General Bill Barr will brief the press and answer questions on the Mueller report. Read Barr's prepared remarks here, and watch the Washington Post livestream below. -
Remembering the Bay of Pigs: Law and Covert War
Tomorrow is an ignominious anniversary. On that date in 1961, about 1,400 American-trained Cuban exiles launched a secret invasion of Cuba in an effort to overthrow the Fidel Castro regime. After landing... -
WikiLeaks and the Lost Promise of the Internet
Julian Assange’s arrest was a long time coming. After seven years hiding in Ecuador’s London embassy and a number of false alarms, the WikiLeaks founder was finally evicted from the building and passed t... -
The WikiLeaks Case Is Just Beginning
Julian Assange had to be the worst houseguest an embassy ever encountered. -
Document: Julian Assange Indictment
On Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia unsealed a March 6, 2018 indictment charging Julian Assange, the founder head of WikiLeaks, for conspiring to commit computer int... -
Document: W. Samuel Patten Sentencing Memoranda
W. Samuel Patten's legal team has filed a sentencing memorandum with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking no prison time for their client. Patten pleaded guilty in August... -
How the White House Plays Hardball on Congressional Oversight of Security Clearances
Recent weeks have seen a fresh round of reports about the White House’s handling of security clearances for President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and daughter, Ivanka Trump. -
Unpacking the Obstruction of Justice Mystery in the Barr Letter
On March 24, Attorney General William Barr sent a letter to Congress that summarized the “principal conclusions” of the report filed the previous week by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. -
Edward Snowden, National Security Whistleblowing and Civil Disobedience
Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from the author’s coda to the forthcoming volume “Whistleblowing Nation: Disclosing U.S. National Security and the Challenge of Dissent,” edited by Kaeten Mistry and ... -
What Does the Barr Letter Actually Say About Collusion?
The prevailing take on Attorney General William Barr’s letter to Congress on the Mueller report is summed up in the New York Times: “The investigation ... found no evidence that President Trump or any of... -
What to Make of Bill Barr’s Letter
Barr’s letter contains good news for the president, but it also raises ominous questions that only Mueller’s report can answer. -
Document: Attorney General Barr Letter on Mueller Report
Attorney General William Barr has sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary containing his summary of the conclusions of the report issued by Special Counsel Rob...
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