-
On Monday, the Departments of Justice and State filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit urging affirmance of a district court's dismissal of an ATS/TVPA lawsuit filed against former Mexican President...
-
Chapter VI of the Review Group Report deals with proposed organizational changes at NSA, in the executive branch more broadly, and in the FISA court system. These changes are a pretty mixed bag. Some see...
-
The detainee in question is Mahmud Abd Al Aziz Al Mujahid.
-
On December 19, my Brookings colleague Michael O'Hanlon hosted a remarkable event featuring General Stanley McChrystal (Ret.) and Kristina Talbert-Slagle of the Yale Global Health Research Institute disc...
-
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accepted President Obama’s invitation to come to the States. Although a date has yet to be confirmed, the meeting serves as a clear indicator of an attempt to mend an ...
-
Unless you've been hiding under a rock or are in an undisclosed location, you've likely heard about former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's soon-to-be-published memoir, Duty. Don't miss Dr.
-
Benjamin Wittes, in his post Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part IV, questioned Recommendation #14 of the Report and Recommendations of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Commu...
-
The Senate Judiciary Committee is currently holding a hearing regarding several of President Obama's nominations, which include that of John Carlin, nominated for the position of Assistant Attorney Gener...
-
Two more developments in Aamer v. Obama, the force-feeding case on appeal before the D.C. Circuit.
On December 30, the government filed its opposition to the detainees' motion for an order directing the...
-
In spite of the weather, the Senate had enough senators present on Monday evening to confirm Janet Yellen as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Colleen LaRose, a.k.a. "Jihad Jane," was sentenced t...
-
Robin Simcox of the Henry Jackson Society in Britain writes in with the following thoughts on the difficulties of prosecuting terrorist suspects, a subject which he covered in this recent report:
Preside...
-
Two important releases showed up on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Tumblr on Friday.
First, the General Counsel for the ODNI, Bob Litt, responded to the New York Times Edward Snow...
