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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... -
About That Legislative Standing Doctrine
As Paul noted, and many news outlets have reported, the Department of Homeland Security yesterday issued criteria regarding the enforcement of immigration statutes in certain cases. Now Rep. -
White House Releases 2012 6-Month War Powers Resolution Supplemental Report
Today's report includes the boilerplate-for-such-documents "consistent with the War Powers Resolution" phrase. It also includes the excerpt below regarding counterterrorism efforts in Yemen and Somalia:... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Shane Harris at Washingtonian writes on the government's leak investigations, arguing that the government "is pursuing leaks, and leakers, because it can." Meanwhile, CNN reports on Senator John McCain's... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #15: The Special Unwilling or Unable Edition
Ken posted as a Reading sometime back Ashley Deek's new article in the Virginia Journal of International Law, ‘Unwilling or Unable’: Toward an Normative Framework for Extra-Territorial Self-Defense. -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #14: My Speech at MILOPS
The following is the speech I gave at the MILOPS conference in Singapore on Monday. -
New Immigration Policy Announced
The Department of Homeland Security today announced a new policy on immigration enforcement. In summary the policy will allow the exercise of discretion by the Executive Branch to defer action, on a spe... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #13: Air Force General Counsel Charles Blanchard Speaks at MILOPS
This is the first of three speeches I recorded in Singapore at the Pacific Command's Military Operations and Law Conference. I don't normally post podcasts in rapid succession, but I will be releasing th...
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