National Security Law Today

The black letter law and references in this episode are:

Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control

https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/Office-of-Foreign-Assets-Control.aspx

50 USC Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917 (TWEA)

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title50/pdf/USCODE-2011-title50-app-tradingwi.pdf

50 USC Chapter 35 International Emergency Economic Powers (IEEPA)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/chapter-35

Continuation of a National Emergency for North Korean Activities

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/21/continuation-national-emergency-respect-north-korea

North Korea Sanctions

https://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/northkorea/index.htm

UN Resolution 2375 on North Korea

http://unscr.com/en/resolutions/doc/2375

A Fact Sheet on UNR 2375

https://usun.state.gov/remarks/7969

Continuation of a National Emergency for Venezuelan Actions

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/13/notice-continuation-national-emergency-respect-venezuela

Venezuela sanctions https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/08/25/presidential-executive-order-imposing-sanctions-respect-situation

BNP Paribas Sanctions Fine

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bnp-paribas-settlement-sentencing/bnp-paribas-sentenced-in-8-9-billion-accord-over-sanctions-violations-idUSKBN0NM41K20150501

ZTE Sanctions Fine

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/zte-corporation-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-4304-million-violating-us-sanctions-sending

Economy described as critical infrastructure by DHS

https://www.dhs.gov/financial-services-sector

Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Incl. Section 216 the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017) https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3364/BILLS-115hr3364ih.pdf

Ukraine Freedom Support Act https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-113publ272/pdf/PLAW-113publ272.pdf

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20170825.aspx

Global Magnitsky Act https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s284/BILLS-114s284rfh.pdf

Federal Register Report on the Magnitsky Act https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/20/2017-12791/global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act-report

Myanmar Sanctions Program

https://www.state.gov/burma-sanctions/

JCPOA full text https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/world/full-text-of-the-iran-nuclear-deal/1651/

Iran Treasury Sanctions https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/pages/iran.aspx

President Trump announces he will not recertify the JCPOA https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/13/trump-will-refuse-to-certify-iran-nuclear-deal-in-strategic-shift.html

Corker-Cardin Bill, Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s615/BILLS-114s615rs.pdf

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Thank you to our guest moderator Andrew. The black letter law discussed in this episode is:

Foreign Agents Registration Act 22 USC 611 Subchapter 2 - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/chapter-11/subchapter-II

FARA.gov - https://www.fara.gov/

FARA FAQ - https://www.fara.gov/fara-faq.html#5

FARA Registration Forms - https://www.fara.gov/forms.html

FARA Searchable Database - https://www.fara.gov/quick-search.html

Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on FARA July 26, 2017 - https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/oversight-of-the-foreign-agents-registration-act-and-attempts-to-influence-us-elections-lessons-learned-from-current-and-prior-administrations

Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on FARA July 27, 2017 - https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/oversight-of-the-foreign-agents-registration-act-and-attempts-to-influence-us-elections-lessons-learned-from-current-and-prior-administrations-day-2

United States v. Irish Northern Aid Committee - http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/530/241/1370227/

The Justice Department’s report on Billy Carter’ Libyan finance ties - http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/22/us/text-of-the-final-justice-department-report-on-activities-in-the-billy.html?pagewanted=all

In the past 10 years, there have been 4 criminal cases with FARA charges

U.S. v Tongsun Park - https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1507748/united-states-v-park/

U.S. v Siljander (DOJ news release) -https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/mow/news2010/siljander.ple.htm

U.S. v Fai (DOJ news release)- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-charged-conspiring-act-unregistered-agents-pakistani-government

U.S. v Ben Israel - https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCOURTS-ilnd-1_13-cr-00572/USCOURTS-ilnd-1_13-cr-00572-5

The Lobbying Disclosure Act - https://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov/lda.html

Op Ed by George Clooney - http://time.com/4847706/george-clooney-sudan-lobbying/

Proposed new FARA bill by Senator Shaheen - https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s625/BILLS-115s625is.pdf

News articles on Facebook’s foreign ad sales - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-politics/facebook-to-give-russia-linked-ads-to-u-s-congress-on-monday-idUSKCN1C706L

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/politics/russian-facebook-ads-michigan-wisconsin/index.html

Arnold & Porter - https://www.apks.com/en

The Black Letter Law discussed in this episode is:

50 USC Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917 (TWEA):

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title50/pdf/USCODE-2011-title50-app-tradingwi.pdf

50 USC Chapter 35 International Emergency Economic Powers (IEEPA)https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/chapter-35

Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Incl. Section 216 the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017)

https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3364/BILLS-115hr3364ih.pdf

Russian Consulate Closures

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-diplomacy/u-s-retaliates-against-russia-orders-closure-of-consulate-annexes-idUSKCN1BB2CY

North Korea

Sanctions: https://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/northkorea/index.htm

Resolution 2371 from the UN Security Council: https://usun.state.gov/remarks/7924

North Korean Missile Tests in 2017: http://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korean-missile-test-year/story?id=46592733

Iran

Sanctions: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/pages/iran.aspx

A timeline of Iranian sanctions: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/international-sanctions-iran

New Iran sanctions: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/07/272635.htm

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) full text: https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/world/full-text-of-the-iran-nuclear-deal/1651/

Venezuela

Sanctions: https://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/venezuela/index.htm

Treasury FAQ: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/venezuela.aspx

Section 311 PATRIOT ACT

Treasury Fact Sheet: https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1056.aspx

Full text of the PATRIOT ACT: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ56/pdf/PLAW-107publ56.pdf

FinCEN Rulemaking List: https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-and-regulations/311-special-measures

Counterterrorism sanctions: https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list

In PDF: https://scsanctions.un.org/fop/fop?xml=htdocs/resources/xml/en/consolidated.xml&xslt=htdocs/resources/xsl/en/al-qaida.xsl

OFAC License application and FAQ: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Pages/licensing.aspx

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Sanctions/Pages/faq_general.aspx#licenses

Visit the Steptoe & Johnson website at http://www.steptoe.com/ and visit their International Compliance blog http://www.steptoeinternationalcomplianceblog.com/

To sign up for OFAC email notifications visit this site: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USTREAS/subscriber/new?topic_id=USTREAS_61

For FinCEN updates: https://service.govdelivery.com/accounts/USFINCEN/subscriber/new

Raj De is a partner at Mayer Brown, www.mayerbrown.com

The black letter law discussed in this episode is:

-Executive Order 13636 -- Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity identifies "Section 9" critical infrastructure organizations https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/executive-order-improving-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity

-The European Union General Data Protection Regulation http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2016.119.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2016:119:TOC

- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) amended 2008

https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ261/PLAW-110publ261.pdf

- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/international/Pages/Committee-on-Foreign-Investment-in-US.aspx

-9/11 Commission https://www.9-11commission.gov/

-Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s754/BILLS-114s754es.pdf

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