A new military commissions judge in the Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri case has dismissed a series of government motions seeking to not turn over classified materials to Nashiri’s defense team. In April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit threw out more than three years of orders issued by the case’s former, Col. Vance […]
Pronestor Health Monitoring versions prior to 8.1.12.0 suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to weak file permissions. Packet Storm
Two seminal events have occurred in recent days in the ongoing oversight war between the House of Representatives and the Trump administration—and in the ongoing expansion of the doctrine of executive privilege. Although each incident warrants further individual analysis, together they suggest the “constitutionalization” of what I will call a “prophylactic executive privilege,” a view […]
The Department of Justice has informed the House Oversight and Reform Committee that President Trump has exerted executive privilege over certain documents subpoenaed by the committee regarding the administration’s decision to include a question about U.S. citizenship in the 2020 census. The letter can be read here and below. Ltr to Congress (PDF) Ltr […]
The internet is in the middle of a turbulent discussion about privilege—including what the privileges are, who has them, and what can be done to equalize things. Listen to the AUDIO VERSION Examples of privileges include being of a culturally-dominant race, having rich parents, having well-connected friends, living in large and/or coastal cities, etc. The […]