Transparency Archives

Getting Serious About Protecting Health Care in War

by Leonard Rubenstein

Jul 28th, 2020

Cyberattack Attribution and International Law

by Kristen Eichensehr

Jul 24th, 2020

How the Financial Systems America Built Enable Oppression Abroad

by Ian J. Lynch

Jul 14th, 2020

Redactions in CDC Communications Policies Leave Key Questions Unanswered

by Anna Diakun

Jun 12th, 2020

What a “Feminist” Approach to Fighting COVID-19 Might Have Achieved

by Ambassador Donald Steinberg and Ruth Halperin-Kaddari

May 28th, 2020

A Conversation With U.N. Special Rapporteur David Kaye: COVID-19 and Freedom of Expression

by David Kaye

May 21st, 2020

Recently Released OLC Opinions From 1974 Shed Light on Current Legal Debates

by Stephanie Krent

May 18th, 2020

The Fatal Flaw in DOD’s Latest Civilian Casualties Report

by Daphne Eviatar

May 14th, 2020

Here’s What the New DoD Policy on Civilian Harm Should Include

by Annie Shiel and Archibald Henry

May 8th, 2020

Grading DOD’s Annual Civilian Casualties Report: “Incomplete”

by Daniel R. Mahanty and Rita Siemion

May 7th, 2020

ODNI’s 2019 Statistical Transparency Report: The FBI Violates FISA…Again

by Elizabeth Goitein

May 1st, 2020

Why We Filed a FOIA Request on How Many US Troops Are in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria

by Kate Brannen and Ryan Goodman

Apr 22nd, 2020

A District Court Endorses a Broken Prepublication Review System

by Alex Abdo, Jameel Jaffer, Meenakshi Krishnan and Ramya Krishnan

Apr 21st, 2020

Great Expectations: AFRICOM’s New Quarterly Report on Civilian Casualties

by Daniel R. Mahanty

Apr 21st, 2020

What Counts As Sufficient Transparency on Civilian Casualties in Somalia

by Luke Hartig

Apr 20th, 2020

US Ramps Up War in Somalia, Killing More Civilians

by Daphne Eviatar

Apr 20th, 2020

9/11 All Over Again

by Alex Joel

Apr 10th, 2020

We Badly Need Congress to Act. We Don’t Need Congress to Act in Person.

by Deborah Pearlstein

Mar 23rd, 2020

The Legally Troubling Treatment of COVID-19 Meetings as Classified

by Matthew Collette

Mar 17th, 2020

Exclusive: New Unredacted Emails Show How Deeply OMB Misled Congress on Ukraine

by Kate Brannen

Feb 11th, 2020

The Friday Night Massacre’s Broader Context: Trump’s Redesign for American Democracy

by Joshua Geltzer and Ryan Goodman

Feb 10th, 2020

The 30-Day Clock: Recent Law Requires Trump Admin. to Make Full Public Report on Soleimani and Shahlai Strikes

by Rita Siemion and Benjamin Haas

Jan 13th, 2020

How Should FOIA Be Reformed to Prevent Further Abuse of Redactions?

by Anne Weismann

Jan 9th, 2020

Did the Trump Administration Abuse the Redactions Process?

by Austin Evers

Jan 7th, 2020

The Soleimani Strike and War Powers

by Tess Bridgeman

Jan 6th, 2020

Selective Disclosure of OLC legal Opinions Isn’t Enough

by Alex Abdo

Dec 20th, 2019

Barr’s Personal, Ad Hoc Declassification Authority and the Role of Congress

by J. William Leonard

Dec 9th, 2019

With Supreme Court Mired in Dark Money, Time for Large Dose of Transparency

by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Dec 4th, 2019

Congress Wakes Up, Finally Decides to Tackle Kleptocracy

by Casey Michel

Oct 7th, 2019

New Resource Tool Sheds Light on Government’s Prepublication Review System

by Ramya Krishnan

Aug 27th, 2019

Revisiting General Counsel Ney’s Speech in Light of New Pentagon Leadership