Rohini Kurup is an associate editor of Lawfare and a research assistant at the Brookings Institution. She holds an A.B. in Government and Legal Studies from Bowdoin College.
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The 300-page report assesses the military’s handling of sexual assault and makes more than 80 recommendations to prevent sexual assault and move sexual assault prosecutions outside the chain of command.
The report recommends that agencies track and assess the systems they use to mitigate the privacy and accuracy risks.
House Speaker Pelosi proposed legislation to create a select committee to investigate the Jan.6 attack on the Capitol.
A proposed coronavirus commission could provide a fuller picture of the government’s response to the pandemic. But its success depends on how it is staffed.
The 32-page government-wide strategy to counter draws on the assessment of the government’s efforts to address domestic terrorism that President Biden ordered on his first day in office in the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
Abu Zubaydah, a detainee held at Guantanamo, wants testimony from two former CIA contractors about his treatment at a CIA black site in connection with a criminal inquiry in Poland. The government says their testimonies could expose state secrets.
The 127-page report provides the most comprehensive account to date of the intelligence, security and communications failures that precipitated the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.