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DOJ Tests National Security Defense in Fight for Trump AgendaThe Trump administration is testing the deference the judiciary typically gives presidents in matters of national security and foreign affairs as it defends aggressive immigra...
By Carrie Cordero
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Will Sen. Mitch McConnell Sink Another Donald Trump Cabinet Nominee?Carrie Cordero, a senior fellow and general counsel at the Center for a New American Security, said she hoped the scrutiny of Gabbard would focus on her qualifications to run ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump’s Border Ambitions Threaten Broader Homeland Security WorkThe Department of Homeland Security’s starring role in President-elect Donald Trump’s planned immigration crackdown raises questions about the fate of the rest of its sprawlin...
By Carrie Cordero
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Legal Analysts Details ‘Practical Impact’ of Trump Win on Court Cases: ‘They Succeeded Spectacularly’CNN national security analyst Carrie Cordero and chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid on Tuesday detailed the “practical impact” of Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, e...
By Carrie Cordero
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Court to Decide Who Can See Secret Evidence U.S. Has Filed Against TikTokFormer Justice Department officials say the law will likely be on the government’s side in keeping the classified material about TikTok secret, but underscore the necessity fo...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as They Prepare for His Return“Everyone is searching for clues as to what Trump would do if he got a second term,” said Richard Fontaine, a former State Department official and CEO of the Center for a New ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Will a FISA Lapse Cause a Disaster? It Depends on Who You Ask“If the government has obtained renewal of the certifications, even if the law is not reauthorized this month, those certifications remain in effect over the course of the yea...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Holds Series of Meetings With Foreign LeadersRichard Fontaine, a former foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain, agreed that Mr. Trump’s meetings were not extraordinary. But he said it was unusual for a foreign lea...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS Responds: State of the Union 2024Following President Biden’s address to Congress at the 2024 State of the Union, CNAS experts analyze key policy points from the speech and weigh in on the state of U.S. nation...
By Paul Scharre, Carrie Cordero, Katherine L. Kuzminski & Jonathan Lord
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CNAS Launches New Project: “21st Century Federalism and the National Security Implications”Washington, February 7, 2024—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) launches the 21st Century Federalism and the National Security Implications project. After ne...
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CNAS Responds: High Stakes in National Security for 2024Foreign policy and national security are top of mind for many Americans in 2024. The looming election and mounting threats set the stage for a high-stakes year, intensifying t...
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Homeland Security Tools at Risk as Congress Ducks To-Do List“Sunsets can have a useful forcing function for Congress to conduct oversight, but the downside of them when it comes to national or homeland security authorities is that it r...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of criminal defenseThe federal charges against Trump focus on his actions — namely, that he wasn’t charged with incitement, which takes the issue of his speech off the table, according to legal ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Intelligence Leaks Cast Spotlight on a Recurring Insider Threat: Tech SupportFurther restrictions on IT employees could be imposed to keep them from accessing classified information by limiting access to a more strict need-to-know basis, said Bob Ashle...
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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Domestic Terrorism Bill Targets White Supremacists, Neo-NazisThree federal agencies would be tasked with rooting out domestic terrorism threats within the government and across the US under a bill slated for a House vote Wednesday. The ...
By Carrie Cordero
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CNAS Senior Fellow and General Counsel, Carrie Cordero, Appointed by DHS Secretary Mayorkas to Prestigious Homeland Security Advisory CouncilWashington, March 17, 2022—Today, Carrie Cordero, senior fellow and general counsel at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) was appointed by Secretary of Homeland Sec...
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Post-9/11 Surveillance Work Looms Over Biden’s Homeland PickCivil liberties advocates are sounding the alarm about President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence arm. Ken Wainstein, who would take...
By Carrie Cordero
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Electric Grid is 'Attractive Target' for Domestic Violent Extremists in US, Intel Brief SaysDomestic violent extremists will "likely continue" to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical infrastructure in the United States, according to a recent Departm...
By Carrie Cordero
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Homeland Security ‘Nerve Center’ Chief Seeks Broad Policy SwayA low-profile office in the Department of Homeland Security can steer the Biden administration’s major decisions on immigration, cybersecurity, and other vexing issues. Much w...
By Carrie Cordero
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‘Backwater’ Intelligence Office Faces Test Under Biden NomineeI&A has also struggled with the second prong of its mission: making sure the federal government and its state and local partners are talking. While the FBI works with stat...
By Christian Beckner
