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GAO Report on Housing Guantanamo Detainees in the U.S.
Lots of news coverage this morning about this GAO report, released yesterday by Senator Dianne Feinstein, on housing Guantanamo detainees in the United States. Here's Spencer Ackerman of Wired Danger Room. -
The Hackers of Damascus
You can probably tell that I'm catching up on my reading tonight! My other offering is this fascinating article on The Hackers of Damascus. For those who are warriors in our readership, the article off... -
Of Gooses and Ganders and Cybersecurity
Readers will recall our earlier discussion of the House Intelligence Committee report that called two Chinese companies, Huawei and ZTE threats to American information security. Well, it hasn't taken lo... -
The Senate NDAA Bill - No Restriction on GTMO Transfers to U.S.?
Apropos of the amendment proposed by Senator Feinstein and others, and tonight’s NDAA discussion in the Senate, here’s a quick review of S. 3254, the NDAA 2013 bill that the Senate Armed Services Committ... -
Feinstein et al Detention Amendment
Senator Dianne Feinstein---along with Senators Lee, Coons, Collins, Paul, Lautenberg, Gillibrand, and Kirk---have introduced this amendment to the current NDAA, now on the Senator floor. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Tal Kopan of Politico reports that a coalition of human rights and civil liberties organizations---including our friends at the ACLU, Amnesty International, CCR, and HRW---have sent this letter to Presid... -
District Court Rejects Interim Release of GTMO Detainee
What’s a habeas petitioner to do, if 1) current and former U.S. -
Peter Margulies Previews the Tareq Mehanna Appeal
Peter Margulies of Roger Williams School of Law, writes in with the following preview of the coming Tarek Mehanna appeal. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Jennifer Steinhauer of the New York Times reports on the breakup of the Senate’s “three amigos”---John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham---with Sen. Lieberman set to retire at the end of this ... -
Lawfare Outage---Apologies
For reasons we have not yet been able to determine, Lawfare has been down for the past few hours---since right around 10:52 am. Our apologies for the interrupted access to the site. For those of you who ... -
Pentagon Directive on "Autonomy in Weapon Systems"
Speaking of autonomous weapons systems, which Matt and Ken and Human Rights Watch all were, the Department of Defense has issued a directive entitled "Autonomy in Weapon Systems." It declares: It is DoD ... -
The ITU and Internet Governance -- "The Gathering Storm"
I keep meaning to write a blog post on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the upcoming Dubai meeting, but so many other folks are writing good analysis that it almost isn't necessary. T...
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