Vanessa Sauter
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Trump administration will limit visas to Chinese graduate students studying robotics, aviation, and high-tech manufacturing, Reuters reports. The change, effective June 11, is part of the administration’s strategy to “ensure that intellectual property is not transferred to our competitors,” according to one U.S. official. → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The FBI overstated the number of encrypted devices it couldn’t access, the bureau announced in a statement on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. FBI officials have been reporting to Congress and to the public that the bureau was locked out of nearly 7,800 devices in 2017. The correct number is closer to 1,200, according to an internal estimate. → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Tuesday, the White House announced its decision to eliminate the cybersecurity coordinator position, a move perplexing experts and congressmen alike, the New York Times reports. Rob Joyce, the last cyber coordinator who formerly ran the National Security Agency’s Tailored Access Operations unit, returned to Ft. Meade on Friday. → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Unveiled financial records of Essential Consultants LLC—the company used by President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen to pay adult film actress Stormy Daniels—reveal payments from a firm associated with a Russian oligarch, the New York Times reports. → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In March, Special Counsel Robert Mueller warned President Donald J. Trump’s legal team that he could issue a grand jury subpoena should the president resist meeting with the special counsel, according to the Washington Post. The escalation between the special counsel’s office and Trump’s legal team culminated in John Dowd’s resignation in late March. → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in Trump v. Hawaii, the third iteration of Trump’s travel ban issued last September, reports the New York Times. The justices will consider whether restricting travelers from Syria, Libya, Iran, Yemen, Chad, and Somalia, the six Muslim countries of the eight listed in the Trump administration’s executive order, is unconstitutional. → Read More
The Lawfare Podcast: Mike Pompeo on the State of the CIA
Last week, CIA Director Mike Pompeo visited the American Enterprise Institute to join AEI Resident Fellow Marc Thiessen for a conversation to reflect on his first year running the agency and his vision for 2018 and beyond. They discussed the challenges posed by North Korea’s missile program, the war on terror, the Trump administration’s national security agenda, and the quotidian of being CIA… → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller’s team is investigating a number of financial transactions between Russian officials and individuals in the United States, BuzzFeed reports. Citibank reported a series of transactions, including $120,000 that Sergey Kislyak received 10 days after Trump’s election, to the Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit, which delivered the suspicious activity reports… → Read More
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Your weekly roundup of everything on the site. → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s weekday roundup of national security news and commentary. → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s weekday roundup of national security news and commentary. → Read More
Document: Doe v. Mattis Memorandum in Opposition to Motion
The U.S. government has filed its response in John Doe and ACLU v. Mattis in response to the habeas filing we posted last week. You can read the full document here: → Read More
The Year in Review: L'Affaire Russe
A review of Lawfare's 2017 coverage of L'Affaire Russe. → Read More
The Lawfare Podcast: C. Christine Fair on Bangladeshi Terrorism
Last week, a Bangladeshi man set off a pipe bomb in the New York subway in an attempted terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State. C. Christine Fair, a professor in Georgetown University’s Peace and Security Studies Program, joined Benjamin Wittes to contextualize the incident. They discussed modern Bangladeshi terrorism, the country’s history and governance, and the significance (or lack… → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s weekday roundup of national security news and commentary. → Read More
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jordan Brunner commenced the week by reviewing the climate change provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. President Donald Trump signed the act on Tuesday. I posted his signing statement and speech. → Read More
Document: FY 18 NDAA President Signing Statement
President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. Read the conference report here and Lawfare's previous coverage highlighting parts of the bill here. The president's signining statement is below: → Read More
Document: New Military Commissions Charges in 2002 Bali Bombing
The charge sheet in United States v. Encep Nurjaman, Mohammed Nazir bin Lep, and Mohammed Farik bin Amin. → Read More
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s weekday roundup of national security news and commentary. → Read More
The Lawfare Podcast: Mikhail Zygar as the Accidental King
When the Department of Justice required RT, the Russian-funded news outlet, to register as a foreign agent last month, the Russian government responded in kind. → Read More