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Seamus Hughes
Born1984 (age 39–40)
NationalityUSA
Occupationcounter-terrorism researcher

Seamus Hughes is an American academic, notable for his comments on counter-terrorism initiatives. Hughes is a contributor to the Lawfare site.

Hughes undergraduate degree is in Political Science from the University of Maryland at College Park.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] On November 16, 2018, Hughes was celebrated for unearthing the Donald Trump Presidency trying to hide in plain sight clues about secret charges against Julian Assange.

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  1. ^ Charlie Savage, Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt (2018-11-16). "Assange Is Secretly Charged in U.S., Prosecutors Mistakenly Reveal". The New York Times. Washington DC. Retrieved 2018-12-25. Mr. Hughes, the terrorism expert, who is the deputy director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, posted a screenshot of the court filing on Twitter shortly after The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the Justice Department was preparing to prosecute Mr. Assange.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Jack Stripling (2018-11-16). "How a George Washington U. Researcher Stumbled Across a Huge Government Secret". the Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2017-09-29. But the Journal's report made clear that Hughes had stumbled upon something quite remarkable: a major government secret that was hidden in plain sight.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Caroline Kelly (2018-11-16). "Counterterrorism expert who found Assange court filing: 'I just thought it was a typo'". CNN. Retrieved 2018-12-25.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Alexis Keenan (2018-11-16). "How a court record may have revealed the Justice Department's plan for Julian Assange". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2018-12-25. Seamus Hughes, deputy director for George Washington University's Program on Extremism and former senior counterterrorism advisor for the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, came across the name "Assange" in an unsealed federal court motion seemingly unrelated to Assange and tweeted a copy of the filing.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Brian Heater (2018-11-16). "Court filings accidentally reveal charges against Julian Assange". Tech Crunch magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-25. The three-page filing itself dates back to August, originating from the court of the Eastern District of Virginia. It was unsealed the following month, but hadn't received much attention until now, when George Washington University faculty member Seamus Hughes stumbled upon an odd passage in the filing.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Jon Porter (2018-11-16). "Charges against Julian Assange revealed in apparent copy-and-paste error". Verge magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-25. Hours before the inadvertent disclosure was discovered by Seamus Hughes on Twitter, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Justice Department is preparing to prosecute Assange, and is "optimistic" that it will be able to successfully extradite him to face trial in the US. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Jack Breslow (2018-11-17). "How A 'Court Records Nerd' Discovered The Government May Be Charging Julian Assange". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2018-12-25. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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