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Do the Geneva Conventions Apply to the Detention of al-Libi?
The New York Times is reporting that the U.S. -
Chuck Hagel on the Pay Our Military Act
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel released the following letter and memorandum over the weekend concerning the implementation of the Pay Our Military Act, which was passed in the hours before the shutdown. -
Ending the End-of-War Timeline
Nine or so months ago, following President Obama’s inaugural address assertion that a “decade of war is now ending,” which came on the heels of Jeh Johnson’s speech about the end of war against al Qaeda... -
What Big Data Does, And Doesn't, Know About Me
Over at Security States and The New Republic, I have another blog, entitled: "What Big Data Does, And Doesn't Know About Me." It tells the story of how I went digging into the data holdings that one big... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Details are still emerging on the two terror raids conducted by American commandos this weekend, giving the media plenty to compare and contrast. Peter Baker and David Sanger of the New York Times charac... -
Tsarnaev Files Motion to Vacate Special Administrative Measures
Last Wednesday, accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion to vacate special administrative measures (SAMs) imposed on him and his attorneys. In his motion, Tsarnaev argues that the ... -
Hilary Mantel on National Security Threats, Detention, Prosecution, Conspiracy, and State Secrets
Hilary Mantel is justly famous for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (Wolf Hall, Book 2 -
National Security, the Shutdown and Moral Seriousness
Imagine if the Democrats in 2007, having just regained control of the Congress, had decided to go to the mat against the Bush tax cuts. Imagine that they voted repeatedly to repeal them. They tried to de... -
D.C. District Court Orders Expanded CIA FOIA Disclosures
A little-noticed district court opinion has expanded---at least at the margins---the universe of national security materials subject to FOIA requests. We missed this opinion when it came out back in Aug... -
Thoughts on Legal Issues Raised by the Baraawe Raid and the Tripoli Rendition
Yesterday's Special Operations Forces raid on an al-Shabaab facility in Baraawe, Somalia, and the near-simultaneous capture-and-rendition of an al Qaeda figure in Tripoli, raise a number of interesting l... -
John DeLong on NSA Compliance Systems
At the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing the other day on NSA programs, I talked a lot about the importance and centrality of compliance procedures. And I quoted a quip by NSA's compliance chief, Joh... -
USG Captures Abu Anas el-Liby in Tripoli
From The New York Times comes the second of the day's two breaking stories regarding recent and quite significant counterterrorism operations by the United States.
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