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Today's Headlines and Commentary
A Chicagoan by the name of Shaker Masri has agreed to plead guilty, reports the Associated Press, although the charges haven't been confirmed yet. The 29 year old gentleman was arrested in August 2010 an... -
Two Developments in the 9/11 Case
Development the first: the defense's objection to the upcoming August 8, 2012 hearing has cleared security review. You can read the defense's arguments as to why that hearing must be postponed - it fall... -
Tom Junod Responds
Tom Junod wrote in with the following in response to Ben's earlier post: Point taken on the "lecture from the principal" criticism: you either like that or you don't, and you didn't. But I don't think y... -
The Daqduq Failure Nears Its Conclusion
Will Ali Mussa Daqduq soon be a free man? It's looking more and more likely. According to an AP report, a five-judge appellate panel in Iraq has affirmed a lower court's decision to dismiss charges aga... -
Tom Junod in Esquire Gives Obama a Moral Dressing Down
I have now had time to read Tom Junod's lengthy essay in Esquire to which Ritika linked the other day. Entitled "The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama," it combines the form of a reported essay with a di... -
Charles Dunlap on the Discussion Started by Mark Mazzetti, The Drone Zone
Continuing the discussion surrounding issues of personal risk and combat in relation to drone warfare (Anderson on Mazzetti, Corn, and Rona, we add this comment from Charles Dunlap, professor at Duke Uni... -
"Any Unauthorized Disclosure"
There seem to be many things habeas counsel might dislike about the proposed Memorandum of Understanding that DOJ has asked David Remes to sign. But like Ben, I’ll wait until I see the government’s resp... -
A Note on Commissions Coverage
Just in time for next week's motions hearing in United States v. -
My Own Personal Moment of Zen
I received the following email just now--the first time in my life, and I suspect the last, that I ever been confused with a certain blogger over at Salon.com: From: Lucas Vazquez To: wittes.lawfare@gma... -
Gabor Rona Also Comments on Mark Mazzetti, The Drone Zone, & Geoffrey Corn and Kenneth Anderson's Posts
Gabor Rona, international legal director of Human Rights First and esteemed commenter on several Lawfare posts, sends us this further comment on the Lawfare discussion around Mark Mazzett's New York Time... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Washington Post has this ominous series entitled "Zero Day" on the threat in cyberspace. -
The Washington Post on the Abu Omar Case---And Its Consequences
This is a wonderful piece of journalism. The Washington Post's Ian Shapira today has a long feature on one of the CIA officers convicted in Italian courts for the kidnapping and rendition of radical Egyp...
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