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June 04, 2019

Latest edition of U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook looks at national security laws

CHICAGO, June 4, 2019 — The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security has released “The U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook 2019 Edition: A Compendium of National Security Related Laws and Policy Documents, featuring the latest text of law and key policies to provide a solid foundation for analysis, discussion and understanding of national security law.

Whatever your role in the national security field — legal practitioner (government, corporate or private), judge, journalist, academia, legislator or a member of the public — this updated compendium of national security-related laws and policy documents is an excellent primary source to review the legal landscape.

The core focus of this sourcebook is the Constitution and the laws, executive orders and policies governing the activities of the U.S. intelligence community in the national security enterprise that are most relevant in each year of publication.

The book was edited by Andrew Borene, program director for Homeland Security at George Mason University Law School’s National Security Institute; Harvey Rishikof, chair of the ABA Standing Committee’s advisory council, visiting professor of law at Temple Law School and former senior policy adviser to the Director of National Counterintelligence at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and Adam Pearlman, former associate deputy general counsel of the Department of Defense.

Title:                            “The U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook 2019 Edition: A Compendium of National Security Related Laws and Policy Documents”
Publisher:                    ABA Book Publishing
Pages:                         988
Product Code:             1620775
ISBN:                           9781641053938
Size:                            7 x 10, paperback
Price:                           $199.95
Orders:                        800-285-2221 or shopaba.org

Editor’s note: Editor interviews and review copies of this book are available by emailing Dean Pappas at [email protected]. If you publish a review of this book, please send tear sheets or a copy for our files to Dean Pappas, ABA Book Publishing, 321 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654.

Members of the media can request a review copy by contacting Jennifer Kildee at 202-662-1732 or [email protected].

 

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