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Save to My PortfolioThe Democrats and Bush Don't Really Disagree Much on FISA

Benjamin Wittes, October 15, 2007, The New Republic

Democratic leaders in the House promised to bring a bill back to the floor this week to update warrantless wiretapping laws. One thing is abundantly clear, states fellow Benjamin Wittes, the Democrats and Bush administration don't really disagree much on FISA.
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U.S. Congress, Intelligence, National Security

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Save to My PortfolioModernizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

David S. Kris, November 15, 2007, Legal Architecture for the War on Terror Project

In December 2005, the New York Times reported, and President Bush confirmed, that the National Security Agency had been conducting electronic surveillance of international communications, to or from the U.S., without obeying the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The disclosure ignited a wildfire of political and legal controversy, which continues to generate heat today. Read More

Intelligence, U.S. Congress, Executive Branch, Governance, National Security

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Save to My PortfolioThe Law On Wiretapping

Benjamin Wittes, August 18, 2007, The New Republic

Opinion by Benjamin Wittes; The New Republic (8/18/07) Read More

U.S. Congress, Intelligence, Governance, Executive Branch, U.S. Judiciary

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Save to My PortfolioIraq: Winners and Losers at Five Years

Bruce Riedel, March 20, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIran, Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Daniel L. Byman, March 2008, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

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Save to My PortfolioResurrecting the Test-Ban Treaty

Michael E. O'Hanlon, February-March 2008, Survival

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Save to My PortfolioThe "Weak States" Gap

Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick, March 07, 2008, The Washington Post

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAssassinating Terrorists: The bin Laden Case

Bruce Riedel, March 06, 2008, bitterlemons-international.org

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Save to My PortfolioAl Qaeda’s Third Front: Saudi Arabia

Bruce Riedel and Bilal Y. Saab, Spring 2008, The Washington Quarterly

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIndex of State Weakness in the Developing World

Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTrial by Fire: How Military Commissions Work and Why They Fail

Benjamin Wittes, February 14, 2008, The New Republic

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Save to My PortfolioTerrorists and Detainees: Do We Need a New National Security Court?

Friday, February 01, 2008
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMukasey Has the Capacity to Be a Great Attorney General, But Not the Time

Benjamin Wittes, January 31, 2008, The New Republic

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBuilding Capacity for Stabilization & Reconstruction

Carlos Pascual, January 29, 2008, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations

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Jeremy Shapiro is an expert on civil-military relations, Europe, France, military operations and National Security, and was previously a political and defense analyst at the RAND Corporation.
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Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Dan Byman focuses on counterterrorism and Middle East security. He also directs Georgetown University’s Center for Peace and Security Studies.
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Fellow and Research Director in Public Law, Governance Studies

Benjamin Wittes, a New Republic online columnist, focuses on the Supreme Court; judicial nominations and confirmations; and legal issues surrounding the war on terrorism.


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