Don't Give Up the Ship
George Croner"Don't Give Up the Ship" is a Substack about national security and intelligence issues and, at times, how politics impacts those issues. But, in these troubled times, I reserve the right to critically comment on our domestic politics.
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Presidential Discretion and the Insurrection Act
[The following is an article I wrote that appeared on the Lawfare website on June 16, 2025. A link to that original posting is here.]
In Trump v. Illinois, a majority of the Supreme Court ruled that before federalizing the National Guard u...
A SCURRILOUS NOMINEE WHOSE CONFIRMATION WOULD COMPLETE THE DEBASEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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It was only last week that this calamity masquerading as a presidential administration appeared to have reached the nadir of its personnel appointments with the announcement that the woefully unq...
A FOOLISH RISK TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AND AN UNFATHOMABLE INSULT TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
This will not take long because some actions are so incredibly stupid and so bereft of logic or reasoning that the need for explanation or analysis is rendered superfluous. And so it is with the announcement that Trump has decided to appoin...
TRUMP WANTS TO DECIDE WHO GETS TO VOTE - BUT CRITICAL EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO STOP HIM IN THE MOST IMPORTANT LITIGATION YOU MAY NEVER HAVE HEARD OF
When it came time for the Framers to consider the subject of elections, the discussions at the Philadelphia convention reflect a debate on the proper allocation of authority as between the states and the Congress. Some initial thought was g...
A Big Swing and a Miss By the CATO Institute Blog
The CATO Institute Blog published a strange piece of fiction today saying that “The FISA Section 702 Lapse ‘Going Dark’ is a Myth” because, apparently, the lapse “would be no big deal at all.” Credible evidence, however, demonstrates otherw...
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George Croner is a former intelligence official and attorney widely regarded as an expert on FISA and FISA Section 702. He writes extensively on U.S. national security, intelligence, and surveillance authorities.
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