PHOTOS: Tea Party Patriots lead rally against Iran nuclear deal at the U.S. Capitol

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On Wednesday, the Tea Party Patriots staged a protest of the Iran nuclear deal on the U.S. Capitol’s west lawn. Continue reading

#MedillRemembers James Foley, One Year Later

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Remembering James Foley, one year after his death. Continue reading

Off the page: Dan Archer on how ‘immersive journalism’ is changing the face of national security reporting

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The pressure to capture the multi-sensory essence of a story might be challenge for print reporters, but moments like these are the stuff one journalist’s reporting dreams are made on.
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#IRE15: Meyer re-elected to IRE Board of Directors, Executive Committee

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Medill National Security Journalism Initiative Director of Education and Outreach Josh Meyer was reelected to the Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Continue reading

Josh Meyer moderates conflict reporting talk at UChicago Institute of Politics

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Meyer lead a talk with NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics on May 27. Continue reading

Medill NSJI students embed with Marines at Twentynine Palms

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Check out the suite of stories produced by graduate students in Medill’s National Security Journalism Specialization program. Continue reading

A How-to Guide for Encrypting and Protecting Digital Communications using PGP

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BY AARON RINEHART FOR THE MEDILL NSJI “Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it.” … Continue reading

FOIA update: USDB releases Manual for the Guidance of Inmates (USDB Regulation 600-1, Nov. 2013)

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WASHINGTON — On Monday, the United States Disciplinary Barracks’ Directorate of Inmate Administration released “USDB Regulation 600-1, Nov. 2013” entitled “Manual for the Guidance of Inmates” to the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative in response to an April 17 Freedom … Continue reading

Demonstrators back Iranian dissidents in front of White House

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WASHINGTON — In a meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister, President Obama pledged $200 million in humanitarian aid Tuesday for Iraqis displaced by fighting with the Islamic State. Not part of the agenda was the fate of approximately 2,500 members … Continue reading

Long-ignored government practice lets IRS skirt fourth and fifth amendments

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WASHINGTON — When Jeffrey Hirsch went to deposit money at his bank one morning in May 2012, his whole life changed. The teller told him the entire contents of his account—nearly half a million dollars—had been seized by the Internal Revenue … Continue reading