Sanctions Push On Hill as Senators Hear More on Russia Hacking
As a bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday unveiled a bill to impose more sanctions on Russia, leaders of the U.S. Intelligence Community gathered again […] More
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Kelly Downplays Trump Views at Hearing
When President-elect Donald Trump nominated retired Marine Corps General John Kelly to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security, the selection was met with approval […] More
DNI Nominee Says He Will Use Every Tool to Keep America Safe
President-elect Donald Trump Saturday named former Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) as his choice to be Director of National Intelligence. Coats recently retired from Congress, where […] More
U.S. Intel Leaders Resolute on Russian Hacking
Top United States intelligence officials on Thursday defended the intelligence agencies’ findings on Russian hacking and interference in the election, pushing back at the public […] More
Congress Needs to Take Back National Security Power
The separation of powers is one of the instrumental components of American democracy. The President of the United States, as the saying goes, isn’t a […] More
Senate National Security Panels to Plan Response to Russian Hacking Allegations
Leaders of three top Senate national security committees are to meet Wednesday to discuss alleged Russian hacking of last month’s elections, and the Senate Foreign […] More
Time for Congress to Invoke Tougher Sanctions on Russia
Will Congress reassert itself by passing new economic sanctions against Russia for using hacked emails to disrupt the U.S. presidential election if President-elect Donald Trump […] More
Changes Under Rule 41 Will Not Become “the New Normal”
The U.S. Department of Justice has made new changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, changing venue provisions for obtaining a […] More
Sanctions Against Russia: Relief or Expansion Under Trump?
Sometime in the next 30 days, President Barack Obama should add to the economic sanctions now applied to Russia as a response to Moscow’s hacking […] More
Countering Russian Aggression in the Trump Era
A Congressional inquiry next year into Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential election will be only one of several Legislative Branch initiatives that may interrupt […] More
Keane: U.S. ‘Ill-Prepared’ to Meet Threats
Weeks after declining an offer to serve in president-elect Donald Trump’s administration, retired Army Gen. Jack Keane on Tuesday testified before Congress that the United […] More
Questions Congress Should Ask the Defense Secretary Nominee
President-elect Donald Trump has called his chosen Defense Secretary, retired Marine General James Mattis “the real deal,” but after January 20, will President Trump, an […] More
The Test Facing Congress and the Incoming Trump Administration
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or […] More
Developing an Effective Defense
As cyber attacks against U.S. government and private networks have increased in severity in recent years, the Congress and President have actively sought to identify, […] More
The Problem is Congress, Not the Presidency
The Congress is the main cause of our broken government, not the Presidency. Yet public anger with Washington’s failure to act on key federal government […] More
The Budget Certainty Congress Denies the Pentagon
“Superficial and emotional” was the way retired Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey described the current presidential campaign discussion of military affairs in an interview […] More
On Worldwide Threats
The Islamic State (ISIS) is the “preeminent global” threat and remains determined to execute direct attacks against the U.S. homeland, the top U.S. intelligence official […] More
Update on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Despite the concerns of privacy advocates, the Senate has passed cybersecurity legislation, creating a process for the government and private industry to share information on […] More