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Senate Armed Services Committee Approves Two Nominees to CMCR
Breaking: earlier today, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved its two pending nominees for judgeships on the Court of Military Commission Review - William Pollard, and Professor Scott L. Silliman... -
Things Are Happening at the Naval War College: Cyber War Conference, Online Research Portal
Lots of exciting stuff going on at the Naval War College these days, in keeping with NWC's long tradition of engagement with cutting edge legal issues. Kudos to Prof. Mike Schmitt (whom I am proud to no... -
Closing in on Our Millionth Visit
According to Google Analytics, we are closing in fast on our one millionth visit and our half-millionth unique visitor. As to this hour: Visits: 995,006 Unique Visitors: 491,923 That means, if traffic... -
Grumpy Old Terrorists--From RadioLab
This is a rather interesting 20 minutes of radio. -
More Details Emerge About Flame
Those following the Stuxnet/Flame story will be interested in this piece that just went up on the Washington Post website. In a sequel to David Sanger's account attributing Stuxnet to an American-Israel... -
Agenda Set for July Motions Hearing in Al-Nashiri
Judge James Pohl yesterday filed this amended docketing order in the military commission case of United States v. -
The Whitehouse-Kyl Compromise Cyber Legislation
As Raffaela noted earlier today, there appears to be some momentum gaining for the proposed Whitehouse-Kyle compromise legislation on cybersecurity -- at least if a letter from Senators Snowe and Warner ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Senators Olympia Snowe and Mark Warner have written a letter to Senate leaders urging them to move a compromise cybersecurity bill. Brendan Sasso of The Hill tells us that the letter appears to be a "nod... -
More Fashion Flavor at GTMO: Defense Reply Regarding Courtroom Attire in 9/11 Case
Now available: the 9/11 defendants' joint reply to the "Government's Response to Motion to Cease Psychological Dislocation Techniques And Denial of Detainees' Right to Dress in the Clothes of Their Own C... -
The Real D.C. Circuit Habeas Record
A few days ago, the New York Times editorial page made a remarkable claim: "In the 19 [Guantanamo habeas] appeals [the D.C. Circuit] has decided, the court has never allowed a prisoner to prevail." As I ... -
More of Less GTMO at SCOTUS: Cert. Denied in El Falesteny
One of the more obscure habeas cases of the last few years has been El Falesteny v. Obama. The case's key documents were sealed, both on appeal to the D.C. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Maj. Gen. Salim Ali Qatn, a Yemeni senior commander, was assassinated in a suicide bombing attack this morning. Laura Kasinof in the New York Times has the story. Late on Friday came the announcement th...
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