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Petitioner Ali al Bahlul, the Yemeni detainee who served as Osama bin Laden's personal assistant and public relations secretary, has just filed his opening brief in Al Bahlul v.
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The National Security Network has released a new report entitled "Ending the Endless War: An Incremental Approach to Repealing the 2001 AUMF." The report suggests a series of measures to cap and eventual...
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki no longer has the backing of Iran and faces pressure from Saudi Arabia, reports USA Today.
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A reminder, and a little coverage note: this afternoon will see a pre-trial hearing in the case against Ramzi Binalshibh---one of five men charged with plotting the 9/11 attacks. Unfortunately Lawfare wo...
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President Obama’s foreign policy appears in shambles. Many of his major decisions – decisions to act, and not to act – seem to have turned out badly. To take a few examples of prominent criticisms: If ...
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I had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas last week to attend the annual events surrounding DefCon and Black Hat. DefCon is a 22-year old convention of hackers (a/k/a security researchers) and Black Hat ...
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Prime Minister Racap Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s first direct presidential election. The Wall Street Journal explains that the landmark victory will secure Erdogan’s power in Turkey for another five ...
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New on the DNI's Tumblr site, IC on the Record: on August 6, and in response to a FOIA request, the Department of Justice released a slew of newly declassified, redacted documents related to the National...
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That's the word from the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg. I haven't yet seen the ruling, but gather from the story that the dismissal had to do with the absence of certain evidence---rather than the bound...
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The New York Times shares an interview conducted by Thomas Friedman with President Barack Obama. In it, the President covers a wide-range of foreign policy issues, including Iraq, Israel, China, Syria, a...
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The military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, takes the bench. Only one accused is present: Ramzi Binalshibh, whose case the court recently separated out from that against the other four accused in the 9/11...
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Today your correspondent will observe, via CCTV, pre-trial proceedings in the case of United States v. Ramzi Binalshibh. That's the prosecution against only one of the five men accused of plotting the 9...
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You can find the whole thing here, and the opening paragraphs below.
And that's a good a reminder as any, that today Lawfare returns to Fort Meade, for almost-live-blog coverage of pre-trial proceedings...
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Editor’s Note: The United States is supporting the Afghan government with troops and other military assistance in the fight against Islamist radicals based in Pakistan. As the United States ponders its p...
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At this hour, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is speaking at the ABA Convention. Here's the text of his speech:
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Washington was abuzz this week as more than 50 African leaders were in town for the first U.S.-Africa Summit. Yesterday, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Somalia, spoke at Brookings on the future ...
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In his WPR notification yesterday, President Obama stated that military operations in Iraq “will be limited in their scope and duration.” But today, according to the NYT, President Obama “sought to pre...
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Yesterday, the U.S. conducted air strikes and aid drops in response to the ongoing crisis in Iraq. Wells informed us on Thursday that President Obama was considering renewed U.S. involvement in Iraq. Cod...
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