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When the Court reconvenes, Major Tom Hurley begins argument on AE 280. In it, the defense requests that summaries of classified discovery be marked with more granular classification information. Specifi...
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The military judge, Air Force Col. Vance Spath, begins the morning's hearing in United States v. Al-Nashiri---his second on the case---by ruling on two pending motions.
First, Judge Spath grants defense...
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That's the gist of this statement, made today by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Washington—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinst...
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The FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 (S.2520) (“FIA”) sets out to make various tweaks to a key federal access to information statute, the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”).
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For the (two?) readers who are following the exchange between Steve and me on Article III and appellate review in the Leahy bill, I wanted to offer two responses to Steve's latest post. The first respons...
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Over on CNN’s Global Public Square, I’ve written about recent events in Libya – including the evacuation of American and many foreign diplomats – and what they mean for the Responsibility to Protect.
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In this edition of Today's Headlines and Commentary, Lawfare will test out a new style convention. As you will see below, in order to make for easier skimming and locating within the post, we have boldfa...
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has granted the government’s motion to dismiss Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus and declaratory judgment in ...
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As I suspected it would, the exchange between my friend Orin Kerr and me on the constitutionality of the appellate review provisions in the Senate version of the USA FREEDOM Act has morphed into a broade...
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A little update from Lawfare HQ, regarding our remaining coverage of this week's pre-trial motions hearings in the military commission case of United States v.
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My friend Steve Vladeck has graciously responded to my post on the Article III problems I see with appellate review in the Leahy bill. I wanted to return to the issue one more time to sharpen the discuss...
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If press accounts are correct, we will soon have the long-awaited Executive Summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on the CIA detention program. The report itself, which has not been submit...