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The Venezuelan Air Strikes and the Rule of Law
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Are the Venezuelan Boat Strikes legal? What legal regime governs these actions and what state institutions exercise oversight and accountability? General counsel and senior fe...
By Carrie Cordero
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Pentagon Officials on Capitol Hill to Brief Congress on Double-Tap Boat Strike
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Pentagon officials made their case for the double-tap strike, saying survivors were still “in the fight” and were radioing for help. But is that legally enough to justify the ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Colombian Family Files Legal Complaint on U.S. Strikes in Caribbean
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Carrie Cordero, CNAS senior fellow and general counsel, joined the CNN Situation Room to discuss the prosecution of the accused National Guard shooter in Washington, D.C., and...
By Carrie Cordero
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Legal Implications of Trump's Response to Democratic Lawmakers
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Carrie Cordero, CNAS senior fellow and general counsel, joined CNN to discuss the political and legal implications of a recent video released by six Democratic lawmakers and P...
By Carrie Cordero
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U.K. Suspends Intelligence Sharing with U.S.
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Center for a New American Security senior fellow and general counsel Carrie Cordero spoke to CNN about the United Kingdom's suspension of some intelligence sharing with the Un...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Admin Faces Deep Skepticism from Supreme Court on Tariffs
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President Donald Trump’s attorney faced deep skepticism from several key conservative justices in early arguments at the Supreme Court over his sweeping global tariffs – a pot...
By Carrie Cordero
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CIA Cyberattacks and Boat Strikes in the Pacific
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Carrie Cordero, general counsel and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joined CNN to discuss the reported CIA cyberattacks targeting the Maduro regime, t...
By Carrie Cordero
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Appeals Court Rules Trump Can Send Troops to Portland
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Center for a New American Security Senior Fellow and General Counsel Carrie Cordero spoke to CNN about James Comey's motion to dismiss federal charges and the appeals court ru...
By Carrie Cordero
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Rising Lion Shows the U.S. Needs More Allies Like Israel
Commentary
Since first exposing Iran’s nuclear weapons program in 1994, Israel knew that it might need to take military action. Yet, June’s attack was only seven months in the making....
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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Anderson Cooper 360 - Carrie Cordero
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Carrie Cordero, Robert M. Gates senior fellow and general counsel, joins CNN to discuss the situation with the National Guard and possible scenarios moving forward.Watch the f...
By Carrie Cordero
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Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened – Federalization of Law Enforcement in Washington DC
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This week, the Trump administration took over command of the D.C. police department and surged federal law enforcement officers and National Guard units into the city. While t...
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Transatlantic Security / National Security Law
Respect Umpires — on the Field and in the CourtroomCongress shouldn’t let the administration’s contempt slide. None of us should....
By Will Rogers
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Can the President Deploy the National Guard to American Cities?
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On CNN, Carrie Cordero breaks down the laws behind whether the President can deploy the National Guard to American cities, and whether the Insurrection Act will be invoked....
By Carrie Cordero
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Sharper: The National Guard
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The National Guard plays an integral role in U.S. national security, both at home and abroad. The Guard, unique among the military components, is governed by multiple provisio...
By Charles Horn & Taren Sylvester
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Balancing Act: Ensuring the National Guard Can Meet Its Missions
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Taren Dillon Sylvester is a research assistant for the National Security Human Capital Program at the Center for a New American Security. In February 2025, New York Governor K...
By Taren Sylvester
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Extremist Militias on Federal Duty
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Dakota S. Rudesill is associate professor at the Moritz College of Law, and national security simulation director and research associate at the Mershon Center for Internationa...
By Dakota S. Rudesill
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Protecting the Integrity of the National Guard
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Claire Finkelstein is the Algernon Biddle professor of law and professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is the faculty director of the Center for E...
By Claire Finkelstein
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Preventing the Use of the National Guard to Evade the Posse Comitatus Act
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Elizabeth Goitein is senior director of the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. Limitations on military involvement in...
By Elizabeth Goitein
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Better Positioning the National Guard for 21st-Century Engagements
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Carrie F. Cordero is the Robert M. Gates senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) where she leads the Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative. The National Gu...
By Carrie Cordero
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Congress Must Clarify the National Guard’s Section 502 Legal Authorities
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Mark Nevitt is currently an associate professor of law at Emory University School of Law, and previously served as a Navy judge advocate general and tactical jet aviator with ...
By Mark Nevitt
