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A Damage Assessment of Trump’s “Declassification Defense”
A Damage Assessment of Trump’s “Declassification Defense” On Friday, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines informed Congress that her office will lead an “assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the...
Read more »A reply in defense of the state secrets privilege
Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law A reply in defense of the state secrets privilege Two articles, one by Mark Fallon and the other by Professor Claire Finkelstein, who are, respectively, the interim executive director and the faculty director of...
Read more »New Statistics Confirm the Continuing Decline in the Use of National Surveillance Authorities
Lawfare April is “reporting season” regarding the annual activities of the U.S. intelligence community under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) with both the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) releasing its Annual Statistical Transparency Report and the Administrative...
Read more »The Assange case shows that a “public interest” defense to unauthorized disclosures of classified information is neither wise nor workable
CENTER FOR ETHICS AND THE RULE OF LAW With British courts now having issued a formal order approving the extradition of Julian Assange, the debate sparked by Assange’s continuing legal saga will undoubtedly embrace the controversial question of whether...
Read more »Three Ways to Support Taiwan’s UN Membership
Taiwan Insight Fifty years ago, with the passage of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, the United Nations admitted the People’s Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China (Taiwan). Since then, Taiwan has been internationally isolated and largely...
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Assessing One Year of PLA Air Incursions into Taiwan’s ADIZ
Global Taiwan Brief Note: This analysis of air incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone is focused on the period from September 2020 to September 2021, while also accounting for the large-scale incursions between October 1-4, 2021. This article...
Read more »Steps to integrate Taiwan aligning
Taipei Times The proverbial dam appears to be breaking with respect to countries’ view on Taiwan and its security. Throughout this summer, a number of countries and major international groupings have come out in support of “peace and stability...
Read more »Lithuania shows blueprint to oppose China
Taipei Times The Baltic nation of Lithuania has recently become the European face of resistance against the People’s Republic of China — and also a new friend to Taiwan. Vilnius is the latest to make waves over changes to...
Read more »A Flaw in the Attorney General’s Policy Against Seizing Reporters’ Records
Just Security The Department of Justice’s use of compulsory process to obtain information from journalists in criminal investigations has been much in the news after an outcry following revelations that the Trump Justice Department had secretly seized reporters’ telephone records in search of...
Read more »Vaccines give Taiwan upper hand
Taipei Times Over the past several months, Taiwan has been a textbook study of COVID-19 vaccination diplomacy in action. Looking back on the major vaccine-related events of this summer could provide some insight into how the growing divergence between...
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