Alan Z. Rozenshtein is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Previously, he served as an Attorney Advisor with the Office of Law and Policy in the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
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