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Congress Delays Implementation of Section 11 of STOCK Act
For those following Section 11 of the STOCK Act, this afternoon President Obama signed S. 3625, which delays until December 8 the dangerous and short-sighted requirement in Section 11 of the STOCK Act th... -
Trio of Cooperative Robot Quadrocopters Play Catch
You can’t make this stuff up. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Secretary Clinton said as much yesterday, but it's now official: the U.S. has confirmed that Al Qaeda is linked to the attack in Bengazi. Here's the Washington Post story. And over in Libya, the lack of ... -
Would a President Romney Bring Back Enhanced Interrogation?
Jack linked yesterday to this Charlie Savage story about this internal Romney campaign draft memo urging a full-throated embrace of “enhanced interrogation”---written a year ago by Romney’s “national sec... -
Is It Legal For the U.S. To Use Force Against Iran?
My law partner (and former CIA General Counsel) Jeff Smith and I have an op-ed in today's Washington Post (entitled "Is It Legal to Hit Iran?" in the print edition) discussing the U.S. and international... -
Stay Briefing Completed in Hedges
Briefing is now complete on the government’s motion to stay pending appeal in Hedges v. Obama. (You’ll recall that a circuit judge already stayed the district court’s order temporarily, pending resoluti... -
Brig. Gen. Mark Martins Address at Chatham House
Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor, Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, is giving at this hour the following address at Chatham House in London: Remarks of Brigadier General Mark Martins Chief Prosecutor of Uni... -
Implied Consent in Drone Strikes, Congressional Briefings, Dorm Rooms, and Property Disputes
This remarkable Wall Street Journal story came out over Yom Kippur, so I'm late in commenting on it. But it's worth everyone's attention. It opens: About once a month, the Central Intelligence Agency sen... -
Great Opportunity at Georgetown
The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law just posted the following job opportunity: National Security Law Fellowship -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Pentagon has permitted its employees to "get their hands on" Mark Owen's book, but can't discuss, blog or tweet about "potentially classified or sensitive contents of NED". -
DoD Guidance for "No Easy Day"
The DoD has distributed a memo to its employees explaining its stance on Mark Owen's book No Easy Day, and I've got it right here (they even give the book an acronym!). It lays out guidelines for how Pen... -
Charlie Savage on Romney Team Memo on Interrogation
Charlie Savage of the NYT has an interesting piece on a memorandum entitled “Interrogation Techniques” that Savage reports was circulated last year among the Romney campaign’s “National Security Law Subc...
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