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More Hedges: If Substantial Support < Material Support...
Per Ben's and Bobby's responses to my post from earlier this week, I think one point needs to be made crystal clear: If Ben and Bobby are correct, then the phrase "substantial support" in the March 13 br... -
Thoughts on Today’s Important Drone FOIA Oral Argument in DC Circuit
Today the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument concerning the ACLU’s FOIA request to the CIA for records related to the government’s program of targeted killing via “drones.” Cutting through the statuto... -
More on "Substantial Support", "Material Support," LOAC, and the First Amendment
I'd like to expand on Ben's post below in relation to Hedges and the First Amendment, focusing on the "material support"/"substantial support" issue. (I'm having to write quickly, so please excuse any t... -
Senator Rockefeller Says "Voluntary Cybersecurity Regulations Really Mandatory"
OK. I admit it. I made up the quote that is the title of this post. Senator Rockefeller never said any such thing. But he did almost as much by demonstrating (probably by accident) why industry fear ... -
Is the NDAA Vague or Overbroad?
The other day, in response to Raha Wala’s comments on Hedges, I promised to address the First Amendment question at the heart of Judge Forrest’s ruling---a promise that seems to have excited David Remes.... -
Readings: Harold Koh Lays Out US Government Position on Cyberspace and International Law
Harold Koh, Legal Adviser to the State Department, delivered an important speech yesterday, September 18, at the U.S. Cyber Command Inter-Agency Legal Conference on the applicability of international law... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post reports that the Taliban is increasingly focusing on “conducting audacious attacks against prominent targets across the country, including the U.S. -
Harold Koh on Cyber War
I attended a conference yesterday at Ft. -
Appellant's Brief in Nashiri v. MacDonald
Remember Nashiri v. MacDonald? That's the civil lawsuit that Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Al-Nashiri, a defendant in a military commission case at Guantanamo, brought against Bruce MacDonald, the commi... -
What <i>Hedges</i> Could Have Said...
Based on the voluminous media and blog coverage of last week's decision in Hedges v. Obama, in which Judge Forrest permanently enjoined at least part of the detention provision of the FY2012 NDAA [sectio... -
Hedges on Hedges: We Won-for Now
Chris Hedges yesterday put out this op-ed about the case bearing his name---in which, as doubtless you know by now, a district judge recently enjoined the enforcement of Section 1021(b)(2) of the NDAA. ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
All American government employees except emergency U.S. government personnel were evacuated from Tunisia and Sudan over the weekend, writes the Washington Post. The Post also says that negotiations on U.S.
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