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Ex-Guantánamo Detainee Op-Eds in the New York Times
The New York Times published two op-eds this weekend by former Guantánamo detainees -- one by Lakhdar Boumediene, the lead plaintiff in Boumediene v. Bush, which extended a constitutional right to the wr... -
Speaking of William Shawcross...
...and his new book, Shawcross has an essay in today's Wall Street Journal, entitled "Terror on Trial." And John Yoo, also writing in the Journal, has a review of the book and of David Scheffer's All the... -
"Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed," by William Shawcross
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The Government Responds to [REDACTED]
The government today filed this Opposition to a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction in the D.C. Circuit in response to filings earlier by high-value Guantanamo detainee Mustafa Ahmed Al Hawsawi. What? Yo... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Afghan president Hamid Karzai is demanding that the U.S. hand over control of the Parwan detention facility to the Afghan government, because a politically-appointed commission found "many cases of viola... -
Plan Ahead for the End of Afghan Detention Operations
At one point prior to 2009, [Update: In my haste this morning, I erred by referring to 100,000 detainees in Iraq at a single point in time, when instead I meant to refer to the volume of detainees we hel... -
It is Much Easier to Make Speeches Than to Make Judgments
Last week Charlie Savage had an interesting follow-up to his well-known 2007 questions to the presidential candidates about their views on executive power. The most important line in Savage’s story is t... -
Reviews: New Reports from CRS
Over at Secrecy News, Steve Aftergood has posted a bunch of new CRS reports of interest to readers of this blog: With the formal ending of the U.S. war in Iraq on December 15, 2011, the Congressional Res... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Another slow news day. Continuing coverage on the Taliban's plan to open an office in Qatar, the New York Times' Matthew Rosenberg and Graham Bowley report that Hamid Karzai welcomes negotiations betwee... -
State Department Raises Counterterrorism Office to Bureau Level
The State Department announced today that the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism has been upgraded to bureau level and renamed the Bureau of Counterterrorism (press briefing and fact sheet). ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Not a whole lot going today. I guess all the drones, detainees, and terrorists were busy yesterday following the Iowa caucuses. A few items worth mentioning, though. Yesterday, Iran warned a U.S. aircra... -
Reviews: Amicus Scholars' Briefs - Two Views
Last October 2011, Harvard Law School's Richard Fallon posted to SSRN an essay entitled, "Scholars' Briefs and the Vocation of a Law Professor," which raised serious questions about the ethics of law pr...
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