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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2014 19 Comments
Was Edward Snowden just protecting the privacy -- of Russian and Chinese intelligence services?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 22, 2014 4 Comments
I have been very grateful for the media experience gained by being a contributor at Legal Insurrection and the Executive Producer for Canto Talk. Professor Jacobson has been a big inspiration behind a project I have been working on and which is now ready to...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 17, 2014 20 Comments
Following Sunday’s referendum vote in Crimea to break from Ukraine and join Russia, President Obama on Monday announced a series of new sanctions. (Video at end of this post). From Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama imposed sanctions on 11 Russians and Ukrainians on Monday blamed...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 15, 2014 12 Comments
Tensions are mounting ahead of a planned referendum Sunday to determine whether or not Crimea will break from Ukraine and join Russia. A few updates on the situation… From AFP via Yahoo News: Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of invading a region bordering Crimea and...

Posted by New Neo on March 06, 2014 32 Comments
Why was our intelligence community caught so flat-footed about Putin’s intentions in Ukraine? That’s a question being asked on Capitol Hill, and in Politico. One possible answer to the query is, “No, it wasn’t.” That one was given by James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence,...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 05, 2014 8 Comments
A United Nations special envoy to Ukraine abruptly ended his mission Wednesday after a group of unidentified armed men reportedly threatened him. From the NY Times: A senior United Nations diplomat who was sent to the Crimea region of southern Ukraine to assess the Russian...

Posted by New Neo on March 01, 2014 38 Comments
NOTE: for previous coverage of the situation in Ukraine/Crimea, you can follow this live coverage post. Putin is no doubt quaking in his boots at this warning issued by President Obama: “We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 25, 2014 3 Comments
The Ukrainian parliament delayed a Tuesday deadline to form a new government, postponing those efforts until Thursday. From FOX News: Ukraine’s interim leaders pushed back their self-imposed deadline to form a unity government Tuesday, while the whereabouts of the country’s fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovych, remained...
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