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Tiktok is the Least of our Concerns—A Look at Data Brokers
By Heather Wilson The Trump Administration is waging a war against TikTok, citing national security concerns regarding TikTok’s vast...
Dec 2, 20202 min read

How the Insurrection Act might have an Impact on Election Night
By Regina DiMaggio In less than six months, the obscure Insurrection Act has become a hot topic within the law enforcement and legal...
Nov 1, 20203 min read


How TikTok Became the Center of a Data Privacy Showdown
By Victoria Tinker Over the past weekend, from September 18 to September 20, 2020, TikTok’s standoff with the Trump administration...
Sep 28, 20204 min read


Continuity of Government Condition and the Intelligence Community’s Role
By Rachel Feinstein As our nation continues to grapple with the effects of COVID-19, including large portions of our local, State, and...
Jul 18, 20203 min read


Mere Biological Agent or Weapon of Mass Destruction? The Prosecution of “Bioterrorism” in the Pandem
By Michael Thompson Introduction This past Memorial Day weekend saw the thirtieth anniversary of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism...
Jun 26, 20205 min read


Election Security and the Partisan Fight for Voting Rights
By Nicole Carle Voting is at the heart of American democracy and the way of life in a free society. However, it has been proven that the...
Apr 28, 20203 min read

Why Geofencing Violates the Fourth Amendment Post-Carpenter
By Daniel de Zayas As technology advances, new forms of data are created, providing new avenues for law enforcement to investigate...
Apr 13, 20206 min read


The National Security Exception to the First Amendment Prohibition on Prior Restraints
By Bree Evans The release of former National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton’s memoir has been held up while the National...
Apr 10, 20204 min read


The Department of Defense’s Inconsistent Response to Extremists in the Ranks
By Christopher Nelson On February 11, 2020, I attended a hearing in front of the House Subcommittee on Military Personnel regarding white...
Apr 6, 20204 min read

Balancing Security & Privacy of Electronic Border Searches
By Sasha Brisbon The Fourth Amendment provides the fundamental right to security and privacy from intrusion by the government by...
Dec 2, 20197 min read


Saudi Twitter Spies: The Line Between Espionage and Terrorism
By Regina DiMaggio In November 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) charged two former Twitter, Inc. employees with spying on...
Nov 19, 20193 min read


Challenges of Prosecuting Domestic Terrorism
By Dave Johnson On August 12, 2017, James Fields drove his car into a crowd of people protesting a white supremacist rally in...
Nov 4, 20194 min read


Facebook, China, and The Cryptocurrency Race
Facebook has suffered increasingly negative publicity as of late due to its cryptocurrency ambitions with the Libra, as the United States...
Oct 30, 20193 min read

Blurred Lines: Surprise Difficulties in Criminalizing Domestic Terrorism
By Maria L. Stratienko In late July and early August 2019, over the course of a single week, back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso,...
Oct 24, 20193 min read


Why Elhady v. Kable is a Gamechanger for the Counterterrorism Playbook
By Victoria Tinker Earlier this year on September 4th, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a long-awaited...
Oct 23, 20194 min read


The Rise of Facial Recognition Technology in Airports
By Kimiya Gilani Facial recognition technology is rising in many facets of everyday life. Whether it is being used to unlock phones,...
Oct 16, 20192 min read


What Individual Rights Apply For A Telepathic Future?
By: Halie B. Peacher President Dwight Eisenhower stated that the United States “must be forward looking in our research and development...
May 22, 20192 min read

Screening, Interrupted: Security Clearances, the SECRET Act, and Oversight of the Investigation Adju
By Maria Stratienko On January 24, 2019, NBC News reported that White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner was denied a top-secret security...
Feb 12, 20193 min read


Walking the Line: The Use of Military Personnel to Secure the U.S.-Mexico Border
By: Daniel de Zayas As 2018 marches to a close, a migrant caravan marches closer to the U.S.-Mexico border, seeking asylum for...
Nov 30, 20184 min read

Regulating the Second Amendment in an Era of Mass Shootings
By Maria Latimer The term “school shooting” used to be synonymous with only a few American events: Kent State in 1970, Columbine in 1999,...
Oct 18, 20183 min read
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