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Strategic Defense Budget Cuts are Essential to America’s Long-term Security Interests
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves”. –...
Nov 23, 20154 min read
When Bias and Empathy Meet
The day before the terrorist attack in Paris on Friday, a lesser reported double suicide bombing cut through Beirut, Lebanon, killing...
Nov 23, 20154 min read
Third Party Doctrine: Supporting Government’s Desire to Collect Information
In the past decade the Senate and House of Representatives have attempted to address the ever-growing concerns surrounding cyber-attacks...
Nov 16, 20153 min read
Limiting Surveillance of non-US Citizens with Presidential Policy Directive Twenty-Eight
In response to the Snowden leaks, President Obama and Congress imposed a series of reforms including Presidential Policy Directive...
Nov 16, 20154 min read
Reviewing a Proposed Reauthorization of the Use of Military Force Against ISIS
The war on ISIS has become an ever-present threat to America’s national security, human rights, and global safety. There is no shortage...
Nov 9, 20154 min read
A Modern Slavery Act for the United States
Commercial sex trafficking and forced labor are two of the most widely practiced methods of modern day slavery which have potentially...
Nov 9, 20154 min read
Exporting Torture – The Legal Loophole of Extraordinary Rendition
On September 26, 2002, Maher Arar, a dual citizen of Canada and Syria, was en route from Tunisia to Montreal in order to attend a...
Nov 9, 20153 min read
Energy Efficiency and the Case for Military Acquisition Reform
Historically, world superpowers have shared at least one commonality: a strong and capable military. According to Former Secretary of...
Nov 9, 20154 min read
The Department of Justice’s Role as a Deterrent Against Foreign Hackers
On September 10, 2015, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, briefed the House Intelligence Committee on the array of...
Oct 26, 20154 min read
The Expansion of Japan's Military Presence
As the modern world presents ever-pressing security concerns for Japan, it has become increasingly necessary for the island nation to...
Oct 18, 20152 min read
Implications of the Criminal Jurisdiction Article of the Visiting Forces Agreement between the Unite
The relationship between the United States and the Philippines spans centuries. Initially a colony turned commonwealth of the United...
Oct 18, 20153 min read
Targeted Killings: The Blurry Lines of Applicable Legal Frameworks in the Context of Global Terroris
Is it legal to use Uninhabited Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology to target and kill people suspected of terrorist activities? The short...
Oct 18, 20154 min read
Insecurity in General Aviation
Presently, there are vulnerabilities within general aviation that terrors can exploit.[1] Shockingly, little has been done since the...
Oct 12, 20156 min read
Espionage and the 21st Century – Data Breaches
As the United States moves further into the 21st century, it is interesting to consider how the data breaches of today compare to similar...
Oct 12, 20153 min read
The Allowable use of Cell-Site Simulators
By Keith Violante In a recent statement, the Department of Justice adopted a new policy for the use of cell-site simulators, a highly...
Oct 5, 20153 min read
Will Obama's Recent National Security Strategy Incite A Color Revolution?
Under the authority of the Goldwater-Nichols Act, President Obama’s recently updated National Security Strategy may incite a color...
Mar 31, 20153 min read
ISAOs: Private Corporations' Mutually Beneficial Relationship with DHS
For the past decade the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has had domestic private corporations at the crux of their national...
Mar 28, 20153 min read
Are encrypted messages a danger to National Security?
Odds are that every day you wake up, go to work, run your daily activities and throughout the day you probably send a text to your wife,...
Mar 26, 20153 min read
Data Security Playing an Increasing Role in Corporate Liability
Target recently agreed to pay ten-million dollars to settle a class-action suit following a massive breach of customer data during 2013...
Mar 24, 20155 min read
Limits on Executive Power: Interbranch Politics and the Threat to National Security
National Security in the United States is a multifaceted and varied area, intertwining legislation, judicial decisions, and executive...
Mar 22, 20153 min read
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