Kel McClanahan

Kel McClanahan is the executive director of National Security Counselors and an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, where he teaches Law of Secrecy.

UNFORCED ERROR

For the Jan. 6 Committee to Succeed, This Guy Has to Go

Chairman Bennie Thompson’s staff director pick could irrevocably undermine the credibility of the fledgling committee—with no real upside.

Kel McClanahan

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TICK TOCK

The Insurrection Created a Huge New National-Security Threat

Bottom line: Any Washington-based foreign spy who was not in this crowd by the time they got removed from the Capitol deserves to be fired by their government.

Kel McClanahan

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NEED TO KNOW

Here’s How John Bolton’s Lawyer Just Threw Him Under the Bus

If you can be prosecuted for keeping a classified document in your garage, you can be prosecuted for giving it to your lawyer.

Kel McClanahan