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Today's Headlines and Commentary
A suicide bomber in Afghanistan has killed at least 21 people including 3 American soldiers in an attack on a NATO convoy in Afghanistan, reports Farooq Jan Mangal and Rod Nordland in the New York Times. -
USG Seeks Remand in CADC FOIA Case, Based on SDNY Filing
Jack and Ben earlier noted the government's long-awaited brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in New York Times Co. v. Department of Justice and ACLU v. -
A Brief Comment on the Government's Glomar Response
Like Jack, I am a little surprised by the government's brief--filed late last night--in the ACLU/New York Times FOIA case on targeted killings. -
USG Filing in NYT/ACLU SDNY FOIA Suit Re Targeted Killings
Here is the Government’s brief in support of its summary judgment motion in response to requests by the NYT and ACLU for records on targeted killings, especially with regard to U.S. citizens. This is t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots of terrorist news today. The BBC reports that Pakistani officers have arrested Naamen Meziche, a European Al Qaeda operative who "is believed to have belonged to the Hamburg cell that the US says m... -
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 ...
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