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Afghanistan on Verge of Releasing 88 Former US-Held Detainees, Over US Objections
On New Year's Eve the New York Times reported that the Karzai Administration has given preliminary approval for the release of 88 Afghan detainees who were once held in US custody in Afghanistan and who ... -
David Remes on Guantanamo in 2013
David Remes, long-time Guantanamo habeas defense counsel, writes in with this recap of major Guantanamo developments in 2013: Summation The year saw heightened misery for the detainees, but also glimm... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Greetings, 2014. On New Year's Eve, Eastern District of New York Judge Edward Korman handed down his ruling in an important border search case. He dismissed a lawsuit brought by a victim of a laptop bor... -
Joel Brenner: "Mr. Wemmick's Condition; Or, Privacy as a Disposition, Complete with Skeptical Observations Regarding Various Regulatory Enthusiasms" (Lawfare Research Paper Series)
The War on Law Reviews continues on many fronts: land, sea, air, and particularly in the cyber domain, where today I am pleased to offer the next paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series: Joel Brenner’... -
Part II: Observations on Selected Surveillance Review Group Themes
Yesterday, I raised issues regarding the review group’s process and deliberations. Today’s post focuses on several of the major themes of the report. Tomorrow’s third, and final, post will address what m... -
Stewart Baker Announces the Results in the Privies
Speaking of Stewart Baker, the former policy chief at DHS and NSA general counsel, he has---over at his Skating on Stilts site, announced the results of his first Privy Awards for dubious accomplishment... -
Stewart Baker Responds on Review Group Recommendation #13
I confess that I was not expecting the first response to my posts analyzing the Review Group recommendations would be one accusing me of going soft on the Review Group. But today, Stewart Baker, former N... -
A Three-Post Reaction to the Surveillance Review Group Report
Over the past week and a half, writers on this site have provided comprehensive and detailed summaries of the surveillance review group report, along with some observations and assessments, as well as sh... -
Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part III
In Parts I and II of this series, I focused on the Review Group recommendations from Chapter III of the group's report. Starting in this post, I turn to the recommendations of Chapter IV, which deal with... -
The Last Uighurs
The Obama Administration's Guantanamo envoys Clifford Sloan and Paul Lewis (at State and DoD respectively) should be commended for their hard work to resettle the last of the 22 Uighurs from Guantanamo. ... -
Remaining Ethnic Uighur Chinese Detainees Transferred from Guantanamo
Today the Department of Defense announced that Yusef Abbas, Saidullah Khalik, and Hajiakbar Abdul Ghuper have been transferred to the government of Slovakia, and will voluntarily settle in that country. ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary...
...will be taking the day off today and tomorrow for New Years. Thanks very much for sticking with us in 2013, and a Happy New Year to all!
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