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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yes: Senate Republicans took an unprecedented step yesterday in preventing the invocation of cloture on their former colleague Chuck Hagel's nomination to be the Secretary of Defense. -
The Significance of DOJ’s Weak Response to Rogers’ Acknowledgment of CIA Drone Strikes
In an interview last weekend, Congressman Mike Rogers, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, gave unambiguous acknowledgment of CIA involvement in drone strikes. The ACLU attached the interv... -
John Brennan's Answers to SSCI Post-Hearing Questions
They are available here. Lots of interesting stuff on a first quick read, but two thing stand out. First, in response to the question “Could the Administration carry out drone strikes inside the United... -
Robert Gates on Drones (and the Politics of Drones v. Enhanced Interrogation)
Via this thoughtful essay by Pejman Yousefzadeh, I learned about this recent CNN interview by Candy Crowley of former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Gates notes his support for drone strikes (he cal... -
Herb Lin on the Market for Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
The flourishing market in zero-day vulnerabilities is, as these two recent scary stories indicate, a major cybersecurity challenge. Herb Lin, the chief scientist at the Computer Science and Telecommunic... -
The New York Times Proposes Judicial Review of Nearly All Drone Strikes
I'm not sure if this is by accident or on purpose, but the New York Times yesterday proposed advanced judicial review of a huge swath of targeting in warfare against terrorist groups. Consider the first... -
2/14 Hearing #5: Stamps, Mostly
We return from an hour’s break, with some GTMO press refreshed by milkshakes purchased from Fort Meade’s Burger King. A video teleconference with CDR Jennifer Strazza, our next witness, awaits. Some nu... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
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2/14 Hearing #4: Photos of Mecca, Book Quotas, and Metal Pens in Book Bindings
Nine minutes past the hour, and the session resumes with some bickering about delays. Recess was supposed to last until 1300, but, alas, we’ve reconvened a bit after that. Judge Pohl wants an explanat... -
2/14 Hearing #3: Valentines Exchanged Between Defense Counsel and Convening Authority
“The commission is called to order,” Judge Pohl says. Back to CDR Walter Ruiz, and his witness: the Convening Authority, with a visage grainy in the video-teleconference monitor (itself piped to us here... -
2/14 Hearing #2: All The Convening Authority’s Men (and Women)
The Convening Authority, Ret. Adm. Bruce MacDonald, is sworn. CDR Walter Ruiz, lawyer for accused Mustafa al-Hawsawi, rises to question him. It will be a quick-ish examination, evidently, as Judge Pohl... -
2/14 Hearing #1: A Complaint from Bin Attash About Attorney-Client Material
Romance is in the air---and waves of the purest judicial authority---as Judge Pohl calls our session to order. The five men accused of planning 9/11 are present in the courtroom, along with lawyers for ...
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