Law and Justice

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The increasing complexity of crime and corruption raises new questions about how law enforcement organizations and the courts can protect citizens’ security without risking essential human liberties. Brookings experts address the wide range of challenges facing legal systems around the world—from organized crime and illegal drug trade to protecting digital privacy—and examine how national and international security can be enhanced through sound judicial processes.

Counternarcotics Policy ›

Despite Its Siren Song, High-Value Targeting Doesn’t Fit All: Matching Interdiction Patterns to Specific Narcoterrorism and Organized-Crime Contexts

October 1, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown
Law and Security ›

Legislative Changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

September 26, 2013, Benjamin Wittes
Crime ›

The Success Story in Colombia

September 24, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and David Petraeus

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Testimony

Legislative Changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

September 26, 2013, Benjamin Wittes
Testimony

Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights During the War on Terror

May 22, 2013, Robert M. Chesney and Benjamin Wittes
Testimony

Eyes in the Sky: The Domestic Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems

May 17, 2013, John Villasenor
Testimony | House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet

An Examination of the Judicial Conduct and Disability System

April 25, 2013, Russell Wheeler
Testimony | U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade

Narcoterrorism and the Long Reach of U.S. Law Enforcement

October 12, 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown
Testimony | United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

U.S.-Central America Security Cooperation

May 25, 2011, Kevin Casas-Zamora
Testimony | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs

A Shared Responsibility: Counternarcotics and Citizens' Security in the Americas

March 31, 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown
Testimony | U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade

The Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act

November 30, 2010, Richard Williamson
Testimony | House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Domestic Policy Subcommittee

The Effect of International Counternarcotics Policies

July 21, 2010, Vanda Felbab-Brown
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Testimony | Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

The Negative Impact of the Use of Filibusters and Holds

June 23, 2010, Thomas E. Mann