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President Obama Signs 2014 NDAA, Releases Statement on GTMO Provisions
The president's statement today upon signing the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act focuses almost exclusively on the provisions related to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We're back! Although we took a short holiday break, the national security world certainly did not, so we begin with the week's international news: The United States is sending drones and equipment to Ir... -
Too Much and Too Little
With the release of the Report and Recommendations of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies reporters and commentators have scrambled to make sense of the 308 pages... -
Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part II
After suggesting general reforms to both 215 collection and national security letters, the Review Group then turns to the subject of bulk metadata. -
Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part I
The report of the President’s Review Group on NSA matters has already received widespread attention, some of it high altitude, some of it more granular. It’s an ambitious document, both conceptually and ... -
"Getting Away With Murder: Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan," by Heraldo Munoz
Published by W.W. Norton (2014) Reviewed by Bruce Riedel -
Best Correction of the Month
From the Financial Times: Apology to His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al Khalifa -
President Review Group's Recommendations: FISA-Related Proposals
The President Review Group's ("PRG") Report, released last week, makes nearly four-dozen individual recommendations related to foreign intelligence surveillance, privacy, civil liberties oversight respon... -
D.C. Circuit Dismisses Bagram Habeas Petitions
This Christmas Eve opinion, authored by Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson for a three-judge panel composed of Judge Thomas B. Griffith and Senior Circuit Judge Stephen F. Williams, affirms the distri... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary...
...will be taking the day off today and tomorrow for Christmas. Happy holidays to all! -
Undeterred by Kiobel, Ninth Circuit Allows Doe v Nestle ATS Claims to Continue
On December 19, a panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a brief order in the long-running Doe v. Nestle case, vacating a September 2010 district court decision dismissing ATS and TVPA claims brought by natio... -
Cole and Lederman, and Morell, on Review Group Report
Marty Lederman has a good summary of the highlights of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies at Just Security. And he and David Cole have a lengthy post on what th...
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