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Exodus Continued: FRONTLINE’s Next Chapter of the Refugee Story
In 2018, the United States, the world’s richest country by far, is expected to open its doors to .08 percent of the world’s 22.5 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18. Even before President Donald Trump took office, the United States was accepting a paltry number, but Trump has reduced it even further. In September, he set the cap for refugee resettlement in the U.S. at 45,000 for 2018, the lowest level since its inception in 1980.
Best Advice for Policymakers on “Bloody Nose” Strike against North Korea: It’s Illegal
As tensions de-escalate on the Korean Peninsula, the international legal debate over the so-called “Bloody Nose Strategy,” which involves “a limited military strike against North Korean sites without igniting an all-out war on the Korean Peninsula” has moved in the other direction. In particular, Lieutenant Colonel Shane Reeves and Captain Rob Lawless have argued on Lawfare, that “there is a strong argument such a strike would be lawful” under international law.
Stop Calling It "Incidental" Collection of Americans' Emails: The Gov't's Renewed Surveillance Powers
Former Acting FBI Dir. Andrew McCabe, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, DNI Dan Coats, and NSA Dir. Adm. Michael Rogers testify on re-authorization of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 7, 2017. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Now that the President has signed legislation reauthorizing the use of surveillance powers, it is important to reflect on how the terms of the public debate likely skewed public understanding of the privacy interests at stake.
AG Sessions’ Shifting and False Statements to Congress on Russia
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for an oversight hearing. This is the first time Sessions will come before the Senate since news outlets reported that his discussions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the presidential election included campaign-related issues—which, if true, would contradict what Sessions has previously told the Senate.
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