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2/13 Hearing #5: Present at the Creation...of the ABA Guidelines
Col. Sterling Thomas, counsel for al-Baluchi, calls our next witness: Ms. Robin Maher, a law professor and (most relevantly) Director of the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project. Thomas inquires abo... -
Tools and Tradeoffs: Putting Out a Draft for Comments
My colleague at Brookings, Daniel Byman, and I have written a lengthy paper on the different tools the United States uses in going after citizens abroad believed to have allied themselves with the enemy.... -
2/13 Hearing #4: When Should the Convening Authority Testify, Anyway?
Up next at the witness chair Ms. Robin Maher. Wait---that's not quite true. First, we have a sidebar about the Convening Authority, Bruce MacDonald. His testimony is set for tomorrow, on AE08 and AE31... -
2/13 Hearing #3: More from Col. Bogdan
Back from lunch. Col. Bogdan is still on the stand. Edward Ryan, a Justice Department lawyer, speaks for the prosecution. His questioning makes very clear: Bogdan has never recorded attorney-client vis... -
2/13 Hearing #2: Wherein Col. Bogdan Testifies About Recording Equipment
Our next witness is Army Col. John Bogdan, a military police officer and the joint detention group commander at GTMO since June 2012. Nevin questions him. Bogdan catalogs three types of visits with th... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
There’s much out there, naturally, on the President’s State of the Union address---but we got to have a little excitement of our own in the national security world, as Raffaela laid out last night. -
Feinstein Statement on Intelligence Committee Oversight of Targeted Killings
Senator Feinstein issued the following press release today: The administration has publicly described—including now in an unclassified white paper—the legality and boundaries of targeted killing of terro... -
JNSLP & Georgetown Symposium on "Big Data" -- February 27, 2013
For those who will be in DC on the 27th, I highly recommend this event. Detailed agenda below the jump: The Journal of National Security Law & Policy and The Georgetown Center on National Security and t... -
Transcript of John Brennan’s Confirmation Hearing
It is now available on the SSCI website. -
2/13 Hearing #1: You've Got Mail Redux
The fated hour arrives; the gavel bangs; the judicial authority almost emanates. The commission once more is called to order. Both sides are present, lawyer-wise, with a few individual lawyers absent. ... -
9/11 Case Hearing: February 13 Session
It is a chilly morning here at Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, venue for Lawfare's coverage of almost-live, CCTV-broadcasted-from-Guantanamo hearings. This marks the third day of this week's four-day motio... -
The President’s SOTU Pledge to Work With Congress and Be Transparent on National Security Issues
An important Lawfare-related sentence from last night’s SOTU address: [I]n the months ahead, I will continue to engage with Congress to ensure not only that our targeting, detention, and prosecution of t...
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