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Former national intelligence director James Clapper joins CERL’s executive board

What’s important to know about women, gender norms, and terrorism

Where does the president’s power begin and end in a time of crisis?

Trump still using power of his office to help cover up Russia’s role in his 2016 victory

There is no law that allows Trump to vacate governors’ stay-at-home order

Change the deadline, save the election

Claire Finkelstein comments on Trump’s authority to open the economy

Corruption spreads like a disease, and some members of Congress have caught it

The courage of navy captain Brett Crozier

Why Congress should not wait to enact FISA reform

Claire Finkelstein quoted in Washington Post on bad blood between Trump and Romney

Time to revive muscle memory of the Army National Guard and Reserve medical system

New blog post on WPS in the military and the need for leadership

Gov’t officials who own stock in companies being considered for COVID-19 partnerships should abstain from decision process

CERL board member gives account of testimony by architect of the CIA torture program

CERL and Annenberg Public Policy Center form alliance

Richard Painter joins CERL’s advisory council

CERL releases report on the proposed Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act of 2020

CERL files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Trump v. Vance…

Watch CERL’s book talk with James R. Clapper

UVA’s Miller Center video talk: The Trump impeachment episode: party wars and the Constitution

Trump’s firing of Vindman epitomizes the president’s most harmful act of all

“Women, Peace, and Security” initiatives are national security initiatives

New paper by Claire Finkelstein: Responsibility and autonomous technologies: Is there a problem?

Former CIA and NSA general counsel Elizabeth Rinkskopf Parker joins CERL’s executive board

Brain injuries from Iran air strike highlight military’s failure to care for its own

“The Report” won’t let us forget that enhanced interrogation is torture

Failings in the FBI’s FISA application process hurts us all

“Israel should scale back Iraq strikes while US shores up Iraq alliance”