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Motions to Dismiss Denied in Hamidullin Terrorism Case
Judge Henry Hudson issued his order in this Lindh-esque terrorism prosecution on Monday. -
Mullah Muhammad Omar's Eid al-Fitr Ramadan Message
Click here for the original content. -- In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. الحمد لله رب العلمین و الصلوة والسلام علی سیدالأنبیاء والمرسلین محمد وعلی آله وأصحابه أجمعین وب... -
The Complicated Politics of the Iran Review Act (And Why I Think They Cut In Favor of the Act)
When critics of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act are confronted with the fact that the Act delays the President's ability to implement U.S. sanctions relief under the Iran Deal for 60 days, they som... -
Syrian Islamists Reach Out to the U.S., But Serious Issues Remain
“As has become obvious, the Obama administration’s response to the Syrian crisis is an abject failure.” -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Following 20 months of stop-and-start negotiations and a final 18-day sprint of intense talks in Vienna, the United States and five other world powers announced a comprehensive deal with Iran intended to... -
Thank the Iran Review Act for the Upcoming Debate About the Iran Deal
So the Iran deal is done, and now we can move to debate it. It is very important to note that but for the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, President Obama could have lifted U.S. sanctions today under ... -
Laura Poitras Files FOIA Case Against U.S.
Laura Poitras, Citizenfour filmmaker and co-founder of The Intercept with Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill, has filed suit against the United States over what she terms "Kafkaesque harassment" on the b... -
Jihadology Podcast: The Western Women of ISIS with Erin Saltman
This episode of the Jihadology Podcast features an interview with Erin Saltman on the report she co-authored with Melanie Smith, “‘Till Martyrdom Do Us Part’: Gender and the ISIS Phenomenon” (PDF). The c... -
The Philippines Opens Its UNCLOS Case Against China
Last week, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario made his opening statement before the tribunal overseeing Manila’s arbitration against China. (As regular readers will remember, the Philippines... -
Text of the Iran Deal
Below you'll find the text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action---the much-anticipated nuclear deal which Iran and six other nations apparently concluded earlier this morning. Joint Comprehensi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
And so we wait: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said there would be no announcement of a deal on Monday. The AP tells us that negotiators are on the brink of finalizing a historic nuclear d... -
Privacy Wars ....
For those interested in seeing how the privacy/encryption debate looks from the hacker/security research side, consider this report: Privacy talk at DEF CON canceled under questionable circumstances:
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