Katherine Pompilio

3 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Katherine Pompilio

On June 4, President Trump issued a proclamation entitled “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.”The proclamation purports to restrict and limit the entry of all nationals from the following 12 countries to the United States: Afghanistan, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.

3 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Katherine Pompilio

On June 4, President Trump issued a proclamtion entitled “Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University.” The proclamtion restricts “the entry of foreign nationals who seek to enter the United States solely or principally to participate in a course of study at Harvard University or in an exchange visitor program hosted by Harvard University.” Trump’s proclamation asserts that foreign adversaries—specifically the People’s Republic of China—have exploited the federal...

Jun 27, 2023 | lawfareblog.com | Katherine Pompilio

On June 27, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a majority staff report entitled “Planned in Plain Sight: A Review of the Intelligence Failures in Advance of January 6th, 2021.”The report details the failures of federal law enforcement agencies—including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis—to collect and analyze intelligence on potential violence in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Jun 20, 2023 | lawfareblog.com | Katherine Pompilio

On June 9, the Justice Department unsealed the indictment of former President Donald Trump and Trump aide Waltine Nauta in connection with the investigation into the improper removal of classified documents from the White House to Mar-a-Lago. This page is intended to track any primary source documents or other materials relating to the former president's indictment and subsequent proceedings. Find Lawfare’s analysis and commentary at the links below.

Jun 15, 2023 | lawfareblog.com | Hyemin Han |Katherine Pompilio

The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law, and policy—is now accepting Fall 2023 internship applications. The selected candidate will have the option of working remotely or in a hybrid model based in Washington, D.C. Applications for this internship will be accepted on a rolling basis. The application period will close on July 9, 2023. Lawfare will pay the selected intern $17.50 per hour.