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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Egypt is a giant, chaotic, deplorable mess. The death toll, as of this writing, has risen to 525, reports the New York Times. President Obama has canceled next month’s planned joint military exercise jus... -
Sens. Durbin and Feinstein Don't Address the Toughest Guantanamo Questions
Like David Remes, but with different assumptions and for different reasons, I was disappointed with Senators Durbin and Feinstein’s op-ed purporting to offer a plan for closing Guantanamo. As I’ve argue... -
The Cairo Diary: Scenes from a Bloodbath
At a little before seven am yesterday morning, police and military stormed the two sit-ins where supporters of ousted Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi have been encamped for the last six weeks.... -
Susan Landau on Snowden's Revelations
Susan Landau has a new piece at Computing Now called Making Sense from Snowden: What’s Significant in the NSA Surveillance Revelations: Did Snowden cause irreparable harm, or did he reveal facts that sho... -
David Remes Responds to the Feinstein/Durbin Op-ed on Closing GTMO
David Remes, the longtime GTMO defense lawyer, wrote in with comments on Senators Feinstein and Durbin’s op-ed in today’s L.A. Times entitled, “How to close Gitmo”: The oped is quite disappointing. In br... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Cairo is in chaos. Two journalists are dead. -
A Brief Reply to Steve
Given Steve's critiques of my Monday post, both here and here, I thought it worth briefly clarifying a few points. First, Steve somehow draws the conclusion that I am not interested in the legality of s... -
The Snowden Revelations and Cybersecurity
One immediate consequence of Snowden’s various revelations about massive USG surveillance – at home and especially abroad – was to put a chill on the loud U.S. campaign against Chinese cyber-snooping. (... -
Legitimacy, Legality, and Ben's "Muddled Middle Ground" on FISA
I must confess to being somewhat vexed by Ben's reply this morning to the exchange between Carrie Cordero and me on FISA reform--not for what Ben says, but for why he thinks that leaves him in a "very m... -
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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald starts us off today with this story about the Pentagon’s attempts at “culturally correct” force feedings at Guantanamo Bay. Robert H. Reid of the Associated Press inf... -
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