Discriminatory Profiling Practices Lead to Surge in Muslims Added to No-Fly List
Over the past year, the U.S. government’s No-Fly List, containing the names and biographical data of suspected terrorists, has more than doubled from 10,000 to 21,000[1]. About 500 of such individuals are U.S. nationals[2], a broad term that encompasses both U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. The recent surge in additions to the list began after the failed...
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The Rise and Relevance of Economic Espionage
The Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996 was passed in response to the threat and subsequent success of foreign nations accessing U.S. trade secrets and exploiting them to the detriment of American economic and national security interests. Although it seems at best tangential to conventional notions of “National Security,” economic espionage should at the forefront of...
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NSLB Spring Symposium
FREE SPEECH OR TERRORIST SUPPORTER: PROSECUTING TERRORISM THROUGH THE MATERIAL SUPPORT STATUTES Come join the American University Washington College of Law National Security Law Brief on April 5, 2012 at 12 PM to explore the rapidly evolving and highly controversial area of material support statutes. Keynote Speaker: Professor David Cole, Georgetown Law To register...
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How Far is Too Far? Constitutional Implications of the NYPD’s Monitoring Program
In August 2011, the Associated Press (AP) first reported that the New York Police Department (NYPD) actively monitored the activities of Muslim student groups at New York City colleges. The NYPD reportedly monitored the groups’ websites and even sent an undercover agent on a whitewater rafting trip upstate with a student group from City College of New York. The NYPD...
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