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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. -
Stay You, Stay Me: CA2 Enters Interim Stay Order in Hedges
Circuit judge Raymond Lohier has granted the Justice Department's request for an interim stay of the permanent injunction in Hedges, pending the Second Circuit's consideration of the government's motion ... -
Rehearing Petition in Obaydullah
Obaydullah, a Guantanamo detainee, today asked the D.C. Circuit to take up his case once more. A three judge panel of that court earlier affirmed the denial of Obaydullah's petition for a writ of habeas... -
Cybersecurity Executive Order -- They Really Mean It
Here is the letter sent today from the White House (courtesy of John Brennan) to Senator Rockefeller. It begins: The executive branch national security team - including civilian, military and intelligen... -
Staying on Top of the Stay in Hedges
More on the government's ongoing effort to stay the district court's entry of permanent injunctive relief in Hedges v. Obama: it appears that the government's initial motion before Judge Forrest was for ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots going on in our favorite region of the world. The Taliban launched an attack on a NATO base in Helmand Province in Afghanistan over the weekend, destroying eight fighter jets and killing two Marine... -
U.S. Files Suggestion of Immunity for Former Mexican President Zedillo
On September 7, the Justice Department filed a Suggestion of Immunity on behalf of former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in a suit against Zedillo under the Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Prote... -
Operation Olympic Games -- A Legal Setback and a Strategic Opportunity -- A Guest Post from Ernesto J. Sanchez
Several weeks ago I noted that Iran had announced its intention to sue the developers of the Stuxnet virus. As I said, it was an almost perfect Lawfare type question -- in what court? under what theorie... -
Hackback
This piece on Foreign Policy's website highlights a topic that is growing increasingly significant, yet gets little attention: private sector entities conducting retaliatory or even anticipatory hacks a...
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