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Thravalos Responds on <i>Nashiri</i>, Conspiracy, and Ex Post Facto
Further to my post from last Thursday on the Ex Post Facto Clause issue in the Nashiri prosecution, Haridimos Thravalos has sent in a response, which I've posted in its entirety below the fold. -
Drones, Privacy, and the FAA
UCLA Professor John Villasenor and I have this oped coming out in tomorrow's Washington Post responding to calls for the Federal Aviation Administration to take action to protect privacy in the context i... -
David Cole on Tarek Mehanna
Georgetown law professor David Cole has this disturbing article in the New York Review of Books Blog on the Tarek Mehanna case. I have not followed this case carefully in the district court, but this art... -
Pentagon Notifies Congress of Intent to Transfer Omar Khadr
So Charlie Savage is reporting over at the New York Times: The transfer [of the two Uighurs] leaves 169 detainees at the prison in Cuba, but the Obama administration notified Congress several days ago th... -
Federalist Society 2012 National Security Symposium
Earlier this month, the Federalist Society held a symposium on national security in Washington at the D.C. office of Jones Day. Video from the sessions is now available. Here is panel #1--on detention,... -
Two Uighurs have now been transferred from GTMO to...
... El Salvador. [I've just changed the title to reflect the fact that other Uighur detainees still remain at GTMO]. From DOD's press release: IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 291-12 April 19, 2012 -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #9: Jack Interviews the President (of Estonia) About Cyber
Toomas Hendrik Ilves is the President of Estonia, a small nation (population about 1.3 million) and also one of the most wired and digitally advanced nations in the world. Ilves was President of Estonia... -
The Politics of the Cyber Legislation Debate
Over the past several weeks, I’ve written a number of blogs about the substance of the cybersecurity bills pending before Congress. As the House moves to consider cyber legislation next week and as the ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Greg Miller at the Washington Post reports on the CIA's efforts to expand its drone campaign in Yemen. The agency requests that it be permitted to strike based solely on intelligence indicating suspiciou... -
What Should the Administration Say? The Canonical National Security Law Speeches of the Obama Administration Senior Officials and General Counsels
Several readers have made the good suggestion of creating a list of the "formal" or even (arguably, meaning in the opinion of the Readings Editor) "canonical" statements of the Obama administration regar... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots of Najibullah Zazi news for your reading pleasure today. The New York Times reports that Zazi testified at the trial of his alleged co-conspirator Adis Medunjanin, who helped him come up with the pl... -
GTMO, Civil Suits, and Qualified Immunity: The Problematic Analysis in Hamad v. Gates
Was it clearly established in 2006-07 that GTMO detainees were entitled to the protections of the Fifth Amendment? A district judge in Washington State thinks so, adding that it was clearly established ...
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