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Lisa Daniels is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Prior to law school, she was an investigative analyst at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in the Major Economic Crimes Bureau. She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 2011.

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Terrorism

Trump Repeats His Lies About Terrorism, Immigration and Justice Department Data

Lisa Daniels, Nora Ellingsen, Benjamin Wittes   Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 10:30 PM

The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security issued a report Tuesday that inspired a presidential tweet: “New report from DOJ & DHS shows that nearly 3 in 4 individuals convicted of terrorism-related charges are foreign-born. We have submitted to Congress a list of resources and reforms,” Trump said. “[W]e need to keep America safe, including moving away from a random chain migration and lottery system, to one that is merit-based.”

Travel Ban

Travel Ban 3.0: Maryland District Court Orders Preliminary Injunction

Lisa Daniels, David Kimball-Stanley, Ed Stein   Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 11:07 AM

On Oct. 17, 2017, Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued an opinion and an order enjoining the implementation of President Trump’s latest travel ban. This round of litigation concerns Presidential Proclamation 9645, issued on Sept.

immigration

What the Data Really Show About Terrorists Who 'Came Here,' Part III: What If You Included Domestic Terrorism Cases?

Nora Ellingsen, Lisa Daniels   Tue, Apr 11, 2017, 10:30 AM

As we have sought to show in Parts I and II of this series, the claims that President Trump made in his joint-session address to Congress and in his revised executive order about the percentage of terrorism-related crimes committed by foreigners in the United States contain a number of distortions.

immigration

What the Data Really Show About Terrorists Who “Came Here,” Part II: A Country-by-Country Analysis

Nora Ellingsen, Lisa Daniels   Tue, Apr 11, 2017, 10:30 AM

In Part I of this series, we laid out what Justice Department data really show about how many foreign-born vs. domestic-born individuals have been convicted of crimes related to international terrorism in the years since Sept. 11, 2001.

immigration

What the Data Really Show About Terrorists Who “Came Here,” Part I: Introduction and Overview

Nora Ellingsen, Lisa Daniels   Tue, Apr 11, 2017, 10:29 AM

In late February, during his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump claimed that “according to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offense since 9/11 came here from outside of our country.”

Case Coverage: Military Commissions

This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/6 Session: Discovery Woes, Unauthorized Browsing, and “Captain X”

Lisa Daniels   Wed, Mar 8, 2017, 4:19 PM

After three months away, pretrial hearings in the USS Cole case are set to resume, with military judge Air Force Colonel Vance Spath calling the session to order. The judge notes those who are present, including two new additions to the prosecution, Colonel John Wells and Major Michael Pierson. For the defense, Richard Kammen kicks things off by addressing his wardrobe for the occasion: “As the court knows, my luggage somehow did not get on the plane at Andrews … I apologize I have no tie.

National Security Council

Backgrounder: Senators Introduce Bill to Restrict NSC Membership

Lisa Daniels, Ed Stein   Wed, Feb 8, 2017, 9:29 AM

On Thursday, February 2, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation to restrict National Security Council (NSC) membership and the composition of the National Security Council’s senior decision-making committee.