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Why Article III Matters: A Reply to Peter Margulies on <em>al Bahlul</em>
I must confess that I don't fully understand Peter Margulies' response to my post from earlier today. My post argued that the bottom-side briefing in the D.C. -
Article III, the Framers, and <em>al Bahlul</em>: A Reply to Steve
Steve’s post arguing that the military commission conviction of former bin Laden aide Ali Hamza al Bahlul for conspiracy to murder civilians violates Article III does not do justice to the Framers’ caref... -
Hong Kong Protesters Are Organizing Without Using the Internet
You read that right: Hong Kongers have found an app that allows users to communicate without using the Internet or mobile signals. Specifically, the Firechat app utilizes Bluetooth technology to allow u... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
One day after the inauguration of Ashraf Ghani as president of Afghanistan, the United States and Afghanistan signed a Bilateral Security Agreement allowing for 9,800 residual U.S. troops to train, equip... -
Breaking News: Guantanamo Closure Plans Are Stalled (but now it’s the Pentagon’s fault)
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Article III and the Bottom-Side Briefing in <em>al Bahlul</em>
Jane already flagged the merits brief filed by the U.S. government on September 17 in al Bahlul v. United States, the major challenge to the power of the Guantánamo military commissions to try non-intern... -
The 2014 National Intelligence Strategy Roadmap
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently released its 2014 Strategy Roadmap, which can be found here. From the ODNI press release: Director of National Intelligence James R. -
Why it Might Matter Whether the Islamic State Was AUMF-able Last Year
In February, Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller wrote a story in the WP about how Al-Qaeda’s then-recent expulsion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, now Islamic State, or IS) raised questions abou... -
A Standoff of Agreement Over an ISIS AUMF
You know that the political system has reached a moment of special paralysis when a standoff emerges out of agreement. Yet that is what appears to be happening with respect to the politics of authorizing... -
Khorasan: Not Quite Out of Nowhere
In a post this weekend, to which both Jack and Ben have already written responses, Glenn Greenwald suggests the Khorasan group is a "wholesale concoction" that appeared "seemingly out of nowhere" in the ... -
Readings: Geoff Corn on Precautionary Measures in the Law of Armed Conflict
(Author's note: Apologies to Geoff and everyone else - I somehow managed to delete the last couple of paragraphs of this post when it went up. I'll recover them--including the part of the post that actu... -
Neustar? What's a Neustar?
Today's New York Times opened with an above-the-fold story entitled "Spy Agencies Urge Caution on Phone Deal." The Wall Street Journal had a similar report, about "Security Concerns Arise with Phone Dat...
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