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Administration Issues WPR Report
Here is the White House's supplemental consolidated report regarding the deployment of U.S. armed forces. The report is addressed to the Speaker of the House, and was---in the President's words---"prepa... -
Motion to Dismiss Filed in Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta et al.
Today, lawyers for Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and other federal officials sued in their individual capacities, filed a motion to dismiss in the case of Al-Aulaqi v. -
Emergency Motion Denied in Hedges
According to a notation on the Supreme Court's docke -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
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D.C. Circuit Opinion in <i>Khairkhwa</i> Comes Down
The D.C. Circuit has handed down its latest Guantanamo habeas case, Khairkhwa v. Obama. The brief, unanimous opinion by Senior Judge A. Raymond Randolph for himself and Judges Judith Rogers and Merrick G... -
WCIT Treaty Breakdown -- A Summary and Some Analysis
As you may have read by now (reports from the New York Times and Washington Post are pretty good), that the WCIT conference has ended in disarray. The United States and a number of other Western countr... -
Senate Intelligence Committee Interrogation Report Approved---But Not Released
Well, we know it’s long---more than 6,000 pages long. We know it’s critical. And we know it was approved on a 9-to-6 vote. Here’s the statement by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Select Comm... -
And Now For Something Completely Different
From the Tumblr site, IRCats ("International Relations as Depicted By Cats"). . . h/t Stephanie Dahle -
Wall Street Journal on NCTC Database Access
The Wall Street Journal has an article today, titled “U.S. Terrorism Agency to Tap a Vast Database of Citizens.” It reports: The rules now allow the little-known National Counterterrorism Center to exam... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Let’s begin with Pfc. Bradley Manning, alleged Wikileaker and allegedly subjected to unacceptably harsh treatment. Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that Manning’s attorney has argued that his client’s t... -
The New York Times on WCIT
The Times has an op-ed today on the WCIT conference in Dubai. Who knows, maybe this is one Ben will agree with. -
El-Masri Awarded Damages by ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") today held that Macedonia had violated the rights of Khaled El-Masri. In 2003 El-Masri, a German national, was confused for a similarly-named terrorism suspe...
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