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Jul 18, 20203 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...


Apr 10, 20204 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...


Dec 4, 20193 min read
Congressional Oversight and Agency Accountability for the Central Intelligence Agency
By Nicole Carle Since its inception, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has operated with little oversight and control by other...


Feb 19, 20184 min read
The President’s Authority to Disclose Information, and the National Security Threat of the Nunes Mem
By: Maximilian Raileanu Introduction A couple of times over the past year, the Trump Administration has come under heavy fire for the...

Feb 18, 20184 min read
Watching the Watchers: Legal Effects of the Section 702 Renewal
By: Carly Nuttall The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) first became law in 1978. Broadly speaking, FISA is a federal law that...
Nov 17, 20133 min read
Spying for Security or Spying because of Habit?
Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman recently wrote an AP article stating that continued spying on mosques in...
Nov 11, 20132 min read
Keep Your Friends Close . . .
The recent media circus surrounding the leaking of classified information concerning our National Security Agency (NSA) cell phone...
Mar 22, 20133 min read
Legal Fight Over Release of Bin Laden Photos Won't Die
Audiences of “Zero Dark Thirty,” an Oscar-nominated film about the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden and the May 2011 operation by...
Dec 13, 20123 min read
Polygraphs, Pertinent or Pernicious?
Last year more than 73,000 Americans underwent a polygraph examination in an effort to obtain or keep their job with the federal...
Sep 22, 20114 min read
Why Palestinian Statehood is a Question for the U.N.
As the Palestinians seek U.N. support for a state of their own, Washington has advanced two arguments to dissuade them: first, that...
Nov 15, 20091 min read
Valerie Plame Loses First Amendment Appeal
Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA Operations Officer whose affiliation was revealed in 2003, has lost her First Amendment appeal to...
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