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Al-Darbi Plea Documents
The documents were released earlier today, and all relate to the Guantanamo detainee's entry, this morning, of a guilty plea. -
Documentary: Secret State of North Korea
Last week PBS 'Frontline' released a short documentary on life under the Kim Jong Un regime (trailer below). Using illegal footage provided by an undercover network of journalists and North Koreans as a ... -
A New Batch of Declassified NSA Surveillance Documents
The day already was overstuffed with surveillance matters, and then came this: the DNI's release of a tranche of roughly twenty five historical FISC orders. -
Statement from DNI Clapper on President Obama's Remarks
Just posted on IC on the Record: Statement from DNI James R. Clapper on Intelligence Reforms Announced Today by President Obama Today, President Obama announced new guidelines for Intelligence Community... -
Opinion in Al-Janko v. Gates
Just in case you want to read something not about reforms to NSA surveillance: here's the opinion from the D.C. Circuit in Al-Janko v. Gates. -
The D.C. Circuit's Opinion in the Bagram Habeas Petitions
On Christmas Eve, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit handed down its opinion in a habeas appeal brought by three detainees held by the United States at Bagram Air Force Base's Parwan detention facil... -
Abdullah Files His Reply-Brief Before the D.C. Circuit
As Raffaela previously noted, the case of Abdullah v. Obama is an exercise in "heel dragging and losing arguments." A brief refresher on the case: the legal saga started when Guantanamo detainee Hani Sal... -
Al Laithi Reply Brief Before the D.C. Circuit: Defining the Scope of Employment
In response to the government's brief, counsel for the Plaintiffs in Al Laithi v. Rumsfeld et. al. filed a reply brief on Dec. 18th. (The Plaintiffs---all former Guantanamo detainees---allege various a... -
President's Surveillance Review Panel Releases Findings
The Report and Recommendations of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies has been released. The panel consists of the following members: Richard A. Clarke Michael J... -
Government Says No Additional Briefing Needed to Address Revised Force-Feeding Protocols
More back-and-forth in the force-feeding case Aamer v. Obama, on appeal before the D.C. Circuit. Last Wednesday, the government filed a response to the detainees' Dec. -
Whither Hamidullah? Briefs on Bagram Habeas Petition Status Post-Repatriation
The briefing regarding the mootness of the habeas appeal of the now-former Bagram detainee, Hamidullah, is before the D.C. Circuit. Last week the U.S. government informed Hamidullah's attorneys that he h... -
Another FISA Document Dump from ODNI
This latest set of declassified documents is related to programs authorized by Sections 501 and 702 of FISA.
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