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U.S. Disputes Reports of Ships Breaching Blockade
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The dotted line is “an operational tool for the Navy warships that has little to no legal import. The law of blockade speaks nothing about blockade lines, it just speaks about...
By Mark Nevitt
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U.S. Military Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships in Coming Days, Officials Say
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“It’s a maximalist approach. If you want to put the screws down on Iran, you want to use every single legal authority you have to do that,” Nevitt said....
By Mark Nevitt
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What to Know About ‘Ship Spoofing’ by Iran-Linked Vessel to Breach the U.S. Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
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Boarding operations would likely rely on smaller, more maneuverable assets, including rigid-hull boats and helicopters, to rapidly intercept and inspect vessels, Mark Nevitt, ...
By Mark Nevitt
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Can the U.S. and Iran Close Off the Strait of Hormuz? What International Law Says.
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Here, most experts agree that the stakes are extremely high. Until the Iran war, the international law governing the seas “was going so fine that no one thought about it,” say...
By Mark Nevitt
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How the U.S. Navy Could Enforce a Blockade of Iran’s Ports in the Strait of Hormuz
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"This is not a law enforcement action, it's a wartime action," said Mark Nevitt, a former U.S. Navy judge advocate general officer and an associate professor at Emory Universi...
By Mark Nevitt
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Trump’s Venezuela Escalation Raises Questions on Next Steps
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President Donald Trump’s unusual decision to reveal a covert US strike against what he said was a drug-trafficking facility in Venezuela marked a new escalation in his pressur...
By Carrie Cordero
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White House Blew past Legal Concerns in Deadly Strikes on Drug Boats
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President Donald Trump and his top White House aides pushed for lethal strikes on Western Hemisphere drug traffickers almost as soon as they took office in January, and in the...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Antifa Crackdown Steered to Agency That Targets Organized Crime
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A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office that works with prosecutors to pursue drug cartels, war crimes, and money laundering is shifting resources to investigate antifa...
By Carrie Cordero
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Why John Bolton Case Is More Serious than Those Against Other Trump Critics
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President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to see his critics investigated, pressuring the Justice Department to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New...
By Carrie Cordero
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‘Not Like Calling 911’—How A National Guard Call-Up Actually WorksThe War Horse spoke with Katherine Kuzminski, director of studies at the Center for a New American Security and a widely regarded expert in military personnel policy, to learn...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Trump Pushes Bounds of Military, Police Immigration Actions
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President Donald Trump is wielding the US military and ballooning federal police forces in unprecedented ways to carry out his aggressive deportation campaign....
By Carrie Cordero
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Here Are Legal Issues Raised by Trump’s Order for National ‘Quick Reaction Force’
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President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the Pentagon to create a “quick reaction force” within the National Guard sparked some confusion and a number of questions a...
By Carrie Cordero
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DOJ Tests National Security Defense in Fight for Trump Agenda
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The 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?
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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 Work
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The 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’
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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 TikTok
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Former 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
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“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
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“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 Leaders
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Richard 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
