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Al Hawsawi's Documents Appear!
Last week, Ben was perplexed by the government's reply in opposition to a motion for a preliminary injunction in a mysterious case brought by Mustafa al Hawsawi over Rear Adm. Woods' recent order regardi... -
The OLC Recess Appointment Opinion
As predicted, there is (despite speculation to the contrary) an OLC recess appointment opinion. Here it is. UPDATE: Josh Gerstein, Charlie Savage, and John Elwood have some details and analysis. MORE: -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Guantanamo Birthday festivities continue with this National Law Journal opinion piece penned by Major Todd E. -
ICRC Report on Visits to U.S. Detention Facilities
The ICRC recently published this report on its visits to detainees being held in U.S. facilities in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq, and South Carolina. The report opens: Although terrorism is not new, Sta... -
Google Returns to China
The WSJ reports that Google is returning to China after its confrontation with the Chinese over Chinese censorship and alleged Chinese hacks into its computer systems led it to shut down its Chinese site... -
China Defense Daily on U.S. Cybersecurity Deterrence
Adam Segal at CFR, the person from whom I learn most about China and cybersecurity (here is a sampling of his posts), has a post that links to a China Defense Daily article on why Chinese experts think t... -
Juan Zarate on National Economic Security
Former Treasury and NSC official Juan Zarate has an interesting piece on CBS on national economic security. His argument, in a nutshell, is that USG passivity in getting its clock cleaned on cyber-theft... -
Cato Debate on Drones
The Cato Institute, in its monthly Cato Unbound online magazine, is this month featuring a debate on drones to which Ritika and I have contributed an essay. The lead essay by David Cortright of Notre Dam... -
Washington Post Oped on Guantanamo's Next Ten Years
Here is my contribution to the Guantanamo birthday festivities--an oped in the Washington Post that opens: This week marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo... -
Reviews: CRS Report on U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems
The headline news from this Congressional Research Service report (which comes courtesy of Wired's Danger Room, in a very handy article by Spencer Ackerman) is that, today, nearly one in three US warplan... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Happy Tenth Birthday, Guantanamo Bay. The Miami Herald kick-starts the birthday festivities with this piece about what lies ahead for the detention facility and this article about why President Obama ha... -
"Take No Prisoners": Guantanamo Turns 10
If Ben needs something to tear into, there's also this--my guest post over at the ACSblog, which uses Judge Brown's disturbing rhetoric in Latif as a foil through which to evaluate this "anniversary." Re...
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