Gene Schaerr

Jan 3, 2025 | washingtonexaminer.com | Gene Schaerr

In Joseph Heller’s novel, Catch-22, Capt. John Yossarian, a World War II airman stationed near Rome, gets frustrated over the practice of the military police who cite a rule called Catch-22 whenever they want to arrest someone. “Did they show it to you?” he shouts at an elderly Italian woman who witnessed the police take away his friends. “Did you even make them read it?”The woman tells Yossarian that the law says the police don’t have to show anyone a copy of Catch-22. “What law is that?” he asks.

Jul 18, 2024 | justsecurity.org | Gene Schaerr

For the sake of national security, the intelligence community must take stock of the underlying reasons why it is losing the trust and goodwill of the American people and their representatives in Congress. Consider the recent, intense debate over the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Mar 19, 2024 | washingtonexaminer.com | Gene Schaerr

The Biden administration recently took a step to protect personal data from government abuse. But it was only a baby step. And it left out the one government that is the most immediate threat to Americans’ privacy — our own. President Joe Biden announced an executive order on Feb.

Jan 9, 2024 | frc.org | Mike Ezell |Gene Schaerr |Gary Click |Kate Anderson

On today’s program: Mike Ezell, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Mississippi, discusses the upcoming impeachment hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and offers an update on the ongoing border security negotiations. Gene Schaerr, Partner at Schaerr Jaffe LLP, provides legal analysis following former President Donald Trump’s appearance before a federal appeals court.

Dec 20, 2023 | myjournalcourier.com | Gene Schaerr

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate It was T.S. Eliot who coined the phrase “wilderness of mirrors” in his poem, “Gerontion.” It was the saga of the CIA’s James Jesus Angleton’s betrayal by Soviet double-agent Kim Philby that made the phrase a byword in the shadowy world of intelligence. In that world, deception, deceit, and disinformation are just tools of the trade.