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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Shocker! The AP reports that Al Shabab has formally joined Al Qaeda, according to a video message by Ayman al-Zawahri. -
HASC Reengagement Report--A Few Thoughts
I have only flipped through the House Armed Services subcommittee report entitled, "Leaving Guantanamo: Policies, Pressures, and Detainees Returning to the Fight," and I find I have little to say about it. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The AP reports that a drone strike in Pakistan killed five militants this morning; one of the demisees was a gentleman named Badar Mansoor, a senior commander "suspected of killing dozens of people in at... -
McKeon and Smith on HASC O&J Recidivism Report
House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon released the following statement on the detainee recidivism report: House Armed Services Committee Releases Report on Risk Levels in the Release of Detainees fr... -
Detainee Defense Counsel Files Complaint Over Woods Correspondence Order
There apparently hasn't been any press about this yet, but there's a new lawsuit filed over Rear Admiral David Woods' order last year requiring all attorney-client communications at Guantanamo to be rev... -
HASC Oversight and Investigations Report on Recidivism
Back in March 2011, House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon and Ranking Minority Member Adam Smith instructed the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to examine transfers and releases of detai... -
Aliens, No-Fly Lists, and Constitutional Rights: The Ninth Circuit Weighs In
An interesting ruling from the 9th Circuit yesterday in Ibrahim v. DHS (Judge W. Fletcher, joined by Judge Nelson, dissent by visiting Judge Duffy (the latter appearing by designation)). Rabinah Ibrahim... -
House Cyber Legislation Amendments
One of the dangers of blogging about current events is that changing events tend to overtake what you have written. Earlier this week, I wrote about the two House bills currently moving through that cha... -
UVA Law School Symposium on Conflicting Legal Norms in US and Foreign Courts
John Bellinger's last post on the amicus filings on behalf of defendants in the Kiobel Alien Tort Statute case, to be heard in the Supreme Court later this month, made me think this conference at UVA law... -
Ohlin on Variation in the Meaning of Intent in Connection with IHL and the ICC
Further to the prior exchange between myself and Kevin Jon Heller regarding allegations of drone strikes targeting persons in the context of funerals or post-strike rescue activity, Jens David Ohlin has ... -
Al-Madhwani Reply Brief
The reply brief in support of certiorari in Al-Madhwani v. Obama has been filed. We earlier posted Al Madhwani’s cert petition and the government's opposition to cert. -
European Governments File Supreme Court Amicus Briefs in Kiobel
The Governments of Germany, the
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