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…nowden. Secretary of State John Kerry, after all, characterized him as a coward who should “man up” by returning to the United States. While one can discount such characterizations against him by government officials as demonization, as I do, one cannot as easily dismiss the ind...

…iating FOIA Cases” with the mediators of the U.S. Courts of the District of Columbia Circuit March 8 Archivist of the United States David Ferriero sends a notice to the 2,500 employees of the National Archives reminding them that FOIA is everyone's responsibility. Review of go...

… of dread engendered by even limited use could quash a city-wide uprising within an hour. The options available to the United States to minimize these risks are limited at best. Washington has certainly warned Assad against using the weapons domestically. But with Assad already...

…ting a string of measures including the introduction of 100 air marshals on U.S. planes. "Most countries, including the United States, found effective means of dealing with piracy on the high seas a century and a half ago,” Nixon said. "We can -- and we will - - deal effectively...

…change within the industry. Understandably, when initially intro- duced in 2010, many asset managers located within the United States and abroad that were required to register as investment advisers with the SEC as a result of Dodd-Frank were opposed to the changes. However, many...

The Question of When | 159 He offered to defect to the United States. The CIA accepted his offer, and through this archive of secrets he had previously compiled, he became one of the CIA’s most productive sources in the Cold War. The job of an intelligence service is to take ad...

…ity, included immunity from suit in commercial areas, since organizations were buying goods and making contracts in the United States. To achieve these purposes, Congress enacted legislation that granted necessarily broad immunity. And that fact strongly suggests that Congress w...

… HOUSE WASHINGTON February 2, 2018 The Honorable Devin Nunes Chaiiman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence United States Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chaiiiiian: On January 29, 2018, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (hereinafter "the Comm...

…tures Trading Commission (CFTC): The CFTC is the federal regulator of U.S. commodity futures and options markets in the United States. It administers and enforces the federal futures and options laws as set forth in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and the accompanying regulation...

… Xi Jinping, with an engaging and creative diplomatic approach, is likely to secure "a big success" in his visit to the United States later this month, said U.S. expert Robert Kuhn. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua, Kuhn, author of "The Man Who Changed China: The Life and L...

…with China under Mao, and when Deng Xiaoping doubled down by opening up the country, the West applauded the change. The United States generously accepted Chinese products into its markets, allowed massive trade surpluses, welcomed China into the World Trade Organization in 2001,...

…suggesting that neither the AKP nor Diyanet are “Muslim enough” to represent Kurds. Turkey’s shift is bad news for the United States and Europe. The potential radicalization of the Turkish population is a pressing concern, given that Turkey recently eliminated visa restrictions...

…rs have pursued under the federal statutes at issue here. When asked, the closest case suggested by the prosecutors was United States v. Boehm—and it hardly could differ more from Mr. Epstein’s case. In Boehm, the defendant was charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and co...

…is is a Christian nation. There are statements to such effect in the following opinions: Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States; Zorach vs. Clauson; McGowan vs. Maryland.” Not only was O’Connor wrong to write any letter in support of this unconstitutional, partisan, kooky...

…: CVRA rights attach when an officer or employee of the Department of Justice or any other department or agency of the United States engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime has substantial evidence that an identifiable person has been directly and proxim...