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Today's Headlines and Commentary
As Ben noted this morning, the Times reports on the apparent U.S.-Afghanistan agreement on detainees. -
Turning Over the DFIP Part II: What Is the Long-Term Plan for the al Qaeda Cluster We Will Still Hold There?
Note this passage in the coverage by the Times: The United States will retain custody of non-Afghan prisoners, about 50 mostly Al Qaeda militants from Pakistan, Arab countries and Central Asia, the Amer... -
Turning Over the DFIP Part I: Are the Afghans Embracing Non-Criminal Detention?
Does the announcement of a deal between Afghanistan and the United States regarding transfer of the DFIP (Detention Facility in Parwan) to Afghan control (see Ben's post below) herald a new Afghan positi... -
Breaking News: Afghan Detainee Agreement Reportedly at Hand
The New York Times is reporting: The United States has agreed to hand over detainees to Afghan government control on a far more accelerated schedule than planned, a senior American official said on Frida... -
Rep. Adam Smith and Sen. Mark Udall Propose NDAA Changes
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member and Sen. Mark Udall have proposed a brief bill that would make two significant changes to the NDAA's detention provisions. The bill, a fact sheet about which... -
Darrel Vandeveld On Reformed Military Commisions
Lt. Col. Darrel J. Vandeveld became a kind of cause celebre a few years back when he quit as a prosecutor in the military commission system over ethical concerns about the process, gave a declaration on ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots of coverage of FBI Director Robert Mueller's testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee yesterday. The New York Times describes Mueller's warning about "terrorist hacking." CNN's Security ... -
The Panetta-Sessions Exchange on Authorization for Force in Syria
Peter Feaver has an insightful post at Shadow Government concerning yesterday's exchange between Secretary Panetta and Senator Sessions regarding the administration's position on whose authorization it m... -
"Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War," by Stephen C. Neff
Published by Harvard University Press (2010) Reviewed by Alan G. Kaufman -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Associated Press reports that the deputy commander of the Pakistani Taliban has been fired for "allegedly holding peace talks with the government"--a practice that is definitely frowned upon in the o... -
Yemen Is a Hot Battlefield
In the ongoing debate over the use of lethal force against persons located outside Afghanistan, the suggestion is often made (both by supporters and critics of US government policies) that Afghanistan is... -
The Responsibilities of the Commander in Chief Focus the Mind
President Obama, at his press conference yesterday, in response to republican candidates’ hawkish calls for a more aggressive posture toward Iran: Now, what’s said on the campaign trail -- those folks do...
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