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Military Judge Pohl's Order on Attorney-Client Communications...
...in the Al Nashiri case is now available. I will have comments after I've actually read it. UPDATE: There is also a ruling, which I had not noticed earlier. -
Duke Law Conference on Afghanistan
The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke Law School will hold its annual conference on Friday, April 13th and Saturday, April 14th. The Center's executive director, Air Force Maj. General ... -
Jeh Johnson Speech at Yale Law School
Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson is giving a speech today at the Yale Law School. The prepared text is as follows: Dean’s Lecture at Yale Law School “National security... -
NACDL Ethics Advisory Committee Opinion on mail review
This just in: the Office of Chief Defense Counsel in the Military Commissions asked the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Ethics Advisory Committee for an advisory opinion on whether defe... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Over at USA Today, Kevin Johnson writes on the details coming to light about Amine El Khalifi, who was arrested last Friday for plotting to bomb the Capitol. A U.S. District Court Judge in the Northern ... -
Ben's Two <i>Al-Zahrani</i> Questions
Ben's two questions in response to my post yesterday on the D.C. -
A Question for Steve on Zahrani
Steve is quite right that yesterday's decision in Al Zahrani is no surprise. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Apologies for the delay on this post today. It was in every sense Ben's fault. Protests have erupted at Bagram over NATO personnel who disposed of Korans by burning them. -
Drone Warfare Getting Out of Hand
Here is your moment of Not-Zen for the day (with thanks to my student Daniel). (With apologies to the senior editors of Lawfare for momentarily lowering the tone.) -
Readings: Eric De Brabandere on Corporations in the International Legal System
With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear arguments over corporate liability in the Alien Tort Statute later this month, this short book chapter makes for a good, useful read. Dr. Eric De Brabandere is a... -
The Subtle New (Constitutional) Holding in <i>Al-Zahrani</i>
Given Ben's report on the oral argument, today's fairly cryptic D.C. Circuit opinion in al-Zahrani v. Rodriguez, throwing out a damages suit arising out of the deaths of several inmates at Guantanamo, is... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #3: Joel Brenner on America the Vulnerable
Joel Brenner, who served as inspector general of the National Security Agency and as the national counterintelligence executive in the DNI's office, joined Jack the other day to discuss his new book, Ame...
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