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Obama v. Bush on Counterterrorism Policy
I agree with much of what Jack says in his recent post about the counterterrorism issues likely to face President Obama in his second term. -
Paging All Law Students (and others): The Lawfare Wiki Document Library
The Lawfare Wiki Document Library wants you! The next big phase of Lawfare expansion involves the creation of a large document library---a kind of one-stop-shopping for primary source material in the fi... -
FBI Reporting Duties in the Petraeus Imbroglio [UPDATED]
In connection with the Petraeus matter, the NYT reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not inform the Senate and House Intelligence Committees about the inquiry until this week, according to Co... -
David Remes on a Human Rights Agenda for the Obama Second Term
David Remes, who represents several Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay, writes in response to my comments this morning on Eric Lewis's New York Times column: Ben chides Eric Lewis for setting goals Ben t... -
Air Force General Counsel Charles Blanchard on His New Blog
Yesterday, I linked to this new blog---called the Air Force General Counsel Blog. I asked Air Force General Counsel Charles Blanchard about the project. He responded: Our hopes for the blog are modest. ... -
DCIA Petraeus Resigns
So reports NBC News, which apparently obtained a copy of Petraeus' statement to the CIA workforce. From the NBC report's opening: CIA Director David Petraeus resigned Friday, citing an extramarital affa... -
Amicus Brief in <em>Trinidad y Garcia</em>: The Suspension Clause and Transfer to Torture
Back in June, I wrote a fairly lengthy post analyzing the ability of detainees in U.S. custody facing extradition or other involuntary transfer to a foreign sovereign to challenge their transfer pursuant... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
While we were busy fretting about which candidate was going to win the U.S. presidential election, Iran fired at one of our drones in the Persian Gulf last week. Barbara Starr of CNN’s Security Clearance... -
Counterterrorism Legal Policy in Obama’s Second Term
One important consequence of President Obama’s re-election will be the further entrenchment, and legitimation, of the basic counterterrorism policies that Obama continued, with tweaks, from the late Bush... -
Eric Lewis on an Obama Human Rights Agenda---That's Not Going to Happen
Writing at the New York Times web site, Eric Lewis of Lewis Baach, describes a human rights agenda for the Obama administration's second term: First, he must release certain Guantánamo detainees, who hav... -
US v. Cromitie
I was struck by this report of a recent oral argument in the 2nd Circuit involving a terrorism prosecution. The defendant (and his co-conspirators) were convicted of having plotted to blow up a synagogu... -
Look Who’s Got a New Blog
This has gotta be a first of some kind.
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