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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 ... -
Thoughts on Stephen Preston's Harvard Speech
How should we understand CIA General Counsel Stephen Preston's speech at Harvard Law School the other day? It is not, like earlier speeches by senior administration lawyers and counterterrorism officials... -
Supreme Court: Only "Natural Persons" Subject to Liability under TVPA
The Supreme Court just released -- only seven weeks after oral argument -- its decision in Mohamad v. -
Government Response Filed in Suleiman
The government has filed its response to Abdulrahman Abdou Abou Al Ghaith Suleiman's petition for rehearing en banc in the D.C. Circuit. -
House Homeland Cyber Bill -- The Lungren Substitute
The House Homeland Security Committee has now released its own updated version of a cybersecurity bill. The text is (Lungren Substitute April 2012). This bill stands in pretty significant contrast to ... -
Obama Administration Senior Speeches on Targeted Killing Plus ... A Blog Post
We now have a collection of speeches from the past two years by the Obama administration's top lawyers in the national security agencies and departments on targeted killing and (hypothetically speaking) ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
It was such a beautiful day here yesterday in Washington that Headlines and Commentary took the day off. Lots of debate on the cybersecurity legislation, but luckily The Hill is all over this one: on Fr... -
Court Dismisses Detainee Suit in--Of All Places--Washington State
A judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Washington in Seattle has dismissed a Bivens action by a former Guantanamo detainee against former Defense Secretary Bob Gates. Adel Hassan Hamad is...
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