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We had a lot of important commentary and analysis this week.

Below👇is the complete roundup.

But we thought to highlight a few very special pieces starting with ...

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"If you understand the Justice Department, the damage has already been done. The reputation and credibility of the Justice Department has been dealt a significant blow."

- Lisa Monaco, former Assistant to the President and worked for Reno and Mueller

justsecurity.org/68689/the-soul…

3. Unredacted Ukraine emails newly obtained by Just Security:

"They also expose the extent to which OMB misled, and even lied to, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a congressional investigative body."

- @K8brannen

justsecurity.org/68614/exclusiv…

4. The White House sent Congress a required report on #Soleimani strike and legal authorities to strike Iran.

@rgoodlaw wrote a near 4,000 word analysis of the executive branch's claimed authority for this and future presidents to strike Iran.

justsecurity.org/68594/white-ho…

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"Platform removals of “terrorist content” rarely make a splash…The Soleimani drone strike is a rare illustration of how, in the name of combating terrorism, social media platforms can exclude key voices from the global conversation"

- @FaizaPatelBCJ
justsecurity.org/68578/instagra…

@FaizaPatelBCJ 6.

"This prompted the director to call my boss and unleash a verbal barrage of insults, humiliations and curses...Pompeo prioritized shielding Trump from news...that sometimes subjugated the country’s interests to those of the president."

@douglaslondon5
justsecurity.org/68539/the-cia-…

@FaizaPatelBCJ @douglaslondon5 7.

United Nations Human Rights Committee published its draft on freedom of assembly—and invited public comment.

We launched a series starting with the Committee's principal drafter.

Our series concluded with former Committee member, @MartinScheinin.👇

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