Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
Articles by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
Alan Dershowitz sees political double standard in vandal attack on U.Va. fraternity house
Alan Dershowitz, one of the nation's premier defense lawyers and a Harvard law professor, believes universities display a double standard in excusing violence from the political left, and failing to punish activities like a fraternity house attack can have dangerous consequences. Published December 21, 2014
U.Va. rape accuser’s friends begin to doubt story
Three friends of the alleged University of Virginia rape victim are growing more skeptical about her account, saying they have doubts about information she gave them and why she belatedly tried to get herself deleted from the Rolling Stone article that engulfed their campus in controversy. Published December 15, 2014
Should Rolling Stone blame ‘rape victim’ or itself?
University of Virginia (UVA) rape rage should not be misdirected upon the alleged victim in wake of the magazine's retraction. Published December 5, 2014
Obama immigration action headed for the courts
The battle over Barack Obama’s immigration overhaul is likely headed to the courts, but legal scholars say the president's specific tactics in acting unilaterally may be difficult to overturn. Published November 20, 2014
Harvard, UNC sued over race-based admissions policies
The Alexandria legal advocacy group that sued Harvard University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill this week for capping the number of Asian-Americans they admit says it hopes to file more lawsuits against other colleges for race-based admissions policies in the coming days. Published November 18, 2014
Orbital Sciences to end use of Soviet engines after rocket crash
Orbital Sciences Corp., the Northern Virginia aerospace company whose Antares rocket exploded shortly after liftoff last week, will "likely" end its use Soviet-made engines in future missions for NASA, the company said Wednesday. Published November 5, 2014
Virgin Galactic crash probe focuses on descent system
Federal investigators probing Friday's fatal crash of a Virgin Galactic private space tourism craft say they now suspect the rocket plane's descent system deployed prematurely, sending the ship's tail into a rise and causing the craft to "disintegrate." Published November 3, 2014
Commercial spaceship suffers catastrophic failure, at least 1 dead
A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded after taking off on a test flight in Southern California's Mojave Desert, a witness said Friday. Published October 31, 2014
Rocket contracted by NASA explodes after Virginia launch
An unmanned NASA-contracted rocket powered by a Soviet-era Russian rocket engine exploded Tuesday night along the northeastern Virginia coast, flaring into a massive fireball shortly after it launched from Wallops Flight Facility. Published October 28, 2014
Ex-political prisoner: Putin’s regime destined to fall
The billionaire Russian oil tycoon who lost his assets and freedom after defying Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin has co-opted the country's legal system and hijacked its armed forces to benefit a plutocratic regime that is destined for collapse. Published October 16, 2014
Holocaust denial video praised in letters from lawmakers’ offices
A Holocaust denial video that suggested Jews were not exterminated by gas chambers at the Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp mysteriously received flattering praise in letters from the offices of one U.S. representative, a Maine state representative and a high-ranking policy adviser to the president of Hungary who now works for NATO. Published October 13, 2014
Pentagon spokesman moonlighted as provocative photographer
By day, Army Col. Steve Warren has helped news reporters for years navigate the military, securing them the data and comments they needed for their stories. Published September 30, 2014
SHAPIRO: Walker support group seeks to uphold prosecution injunction
Lawyers for a special interest group on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to uphold an injunction that blocks a Wisconsin prosecutor from reviving an investigation that targeted conservative organizations accused of illegally coordinating with Gov. Scott Walker's 2011-2012 campaign. Published September 10, 2014
U.S. military dependence on Russian rocket engines raises security concerns
The rising tensions with Russia over its aggression in Ukraine is creating national security concerns inside the Pentagon, where the military's largest satellite program is reliant on a rocket engine produced by Moscow. Published September 2, 2014
Obama inaction on Russia invasions of Ukraine could impede nuclear disarmament
The muted American response to Russia's invasions of Ukraine could have consequences far beyond Eastern Europe, according to security analysts who fear the crisis may discourage countries in the future from swearing off nuclear weapons like Kiev did in a 1994 treaty. Published September 1, 2014
Lawsuit accuses Obama White House of thwarting release of public data under FOIA
A watchdog group on Monday sued the U.S. government, accusing the Obama White House of interfering in and thwarting the release of public documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Published August 18, 2014
U.S. public relations, consulting firms find political gold in Nigeria
For decades, Americans have sought oil riches in Nigeria. But now the rise of a new opposition party, a competitive election in 2015 and a serious terrorism threat in that African nation have created political gold for U.S. public relations and election-consulting firms. Published August 13, 2014
SHAPIRO: Alexander Litvinenko, a tragic Russian patriot
Nearly eight years ago, the news shocked the world that Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian FSB officer who defected to Britain in 2000, died after having been poisoned while having tea with three other retired Russian intelligence agents in a luxury London hotel. Published August 6, 2014
SHAPIRO & ANDREWS: Declaring war on the cartels
The United States of America is under attack. Published July 23, 2014
Russia could lose sovereign immunity if implicated in Flight 17 downing
The Russian Federation and its agents may face civil and criminal liability if it is proved that the Kremlin or its operatives supplied the missile that Ukrainian separatists are suspected to have used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Published July 20, 2014
