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Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. As the House Jan. 6 committee continues to investigate what happened that day, consider this source, who can provide perspective on the causes of the insurrection. Our second source this week is an expert on the supply-chain issues preventing some countries from getting vaccines and medical equipment.

Javed Ali is an associate professor of practice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His 20-plus years of experience in national security and intelligence issues include positions at the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. Ali can speak to issues relating to international and domestic terrorism. 

At the FBI, he held senior roles on joint duty assignments at the National Intelligence Council and the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council under the Trump administration. Ali also helped launch The Burn Bag, a podcast featuring interviews with national security and foreign policy experts. 

Anirudh Shingal is an associate professor in economics at the S P Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai, India. He's spent more than a decade in academia and research, and nearly two decades conducting data and policy analysis of international trade and development issues. Previously, he was a consultant for the World Bank, studying the effectiveness of domestic and international trade agreements.

Other sources of interest this week.

These sources can talk about the legality and consequences of increased surveillance in the wake of national security crises.
 
Faiza Patel is the co-director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program, which seeks to ensure U.S. counterterrorism laws and policies respect human rights and freedoms. Her portfolio includes projects on social media surveillance by police, schools and governments, policing and technology, and secret law.

Shirin Sinnar is a professor of law at Stanford University Law School. Her research focuses on the legal treatment of political violence, the procedural dimensions of civil rights litigation, and the role of institutions in protecting individual rights and democratic values in the national security context. Her recent work assesses the legal regime for domestic and international terrorism under U.S. law.

Sources of the Week on the news

Read:

• In a recent New York Times article, Dr. Georges Benjamin encouraged Americans to get a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. 
• Lydia X.Z. Brown was named a NowThis Next 2021 honoree for their work in disability rights. 
• In NPR Music’s wrap of the best music of 2021, Jason King wrote about the revolutionary music of Lil Nas X. 
• Laila Lalami spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the late Joan Didion's impact and influence. 
• In USA Today, Crystal Burwell spoke to the shortening of attention spans during the pandemic. 

Watch:

• Mustafa Santiago Ali spoke with MSNBC's The ReidOut about climate change's impact on President Biden’s Build Back Better bill. 
• On MSNBC’s Deadline, Neal Katyal commented on the need for stronger investigations of the Jan. 6 attack from the Department of Justice.
• Dr. Kartik Cherabuddi talked to CBS affiliate WGFL about vaccine efficacy against the omicron variant.

Listen:

• Lawrence Yun shared housing market predictions for the new year with Here and Now. 
• It’s been 50 years since President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act. On Here and Now, Dr. Otis Brawley looked at the medical progress of the past decades. 
• On Here and Now, Freeman Hrabowski reflected on his tenure as the president of the University of Maryland.
• Morning Edition asked Michelle Singeltary about the impact of a potential interest hike on credit card holders, student loans and mortgages.
• On All Things Considered, Hussein Rashid expressed concern about the news that the director of a Muslim civil rights group in Ohio was passing information to a hate group.