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Law Enforcement as a Counterintelligence Tool
A few years ago, shortly after stepping down as Assistant Attorney General for National Security, I published a long article called Law Enforcement as a Counterterrorism Tool. As its title suggests, the ... -
Trump's Latest Attack on Jeff Sessions is Not 'Old News'
President Trump’s tweeted chastisement of Attorney General Jeff Sessions may pass quickly in and out of Wednesday’s news. For quite some time, he has made known his unhappiness with Sessions. The compla... -
Document: House Intelligence Democrats Release Rebuttal Memo
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released their rebuttal to the memo on alleged surveillance abuses prepared by Chairman Devin Nunes. The rebuttal memo is available in full below. -
The McGahn Cover Letter in Light of the Trump Tweet
The Nunes memo was thoroughly debunked less than 12 hours after its publication. -
Uncivil Military Relations?
We had many indications during the 2016 campaign that a Donald Trump presidency would be bad for civil-military relations. -
Trump's Military Parade: Pennsylvania Avenue is Not Red Square
On Feb. 6, the Washington Post reported that President Trump has instructed the Defense Department to plan a large military parade in Washington on a major holiday. Presumably, the president would attend... -
Documents: Alex Van Der Zwaan Information, Statement of Offense, and Plea Agreement
On Tuesday morning, the special counsel filed the following criminal information document in D.C. federal district court. The document describes false statements made by Alex van der Zwaan. After a plea ... -
The Rob Porter Case: Scandal in the Demagogic Presidency
A presidential scandal of any importance captures something essential about the administration in question and the politics of the time. In Watergate, a president overcome by his paranoia and resentments... -
Why is Andrew C. McCarthy So Sure That Trump Hasn’t Obstructed Justice?
The Mueller investigation is moving forward. Already Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained two guilty pleas and handed up two indictments of mid- and high-level figures from the Trump campaign. Pre... -
Presidential Intelligence Briefings: The Process Is Working. But Is Trump Listening?
CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently offered rare insights into President Trump’s briefing habits. -
Summary: Lawsuit to Release the Legal Justification of Syria Airstrikes
Earlier this month, Quinta Jurecic noted a suit filed by the nonprofit Protect Democracy under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain the Trump administration’s legal justification behind U.S. a... -
Documents: FOIA Suit on the Legal Basis of Syrian Airstrikes
In May 2017, the nonprofit Protect Democracy filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the Trump administration's legal justification behind the U.S. airstrikes in Syria during April of t...
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