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The Court of Military Commission Review Finally Begins to Move on the Hamdan and Al-Bahlul Appeals
The CMCR has at last ruled on the recusal and en banc issues that have, along with some personnel shuffling, been delaying a ruling in a pair of exceedingly important military commission cases (Hamdan an... -
Gabor Rona on Embracing Guantanamo
Gabor Rona of Human Rights First sent me the following email this morning in response to my post from last week urging President Obama to make his peace with Guantanamo: You've gotta be suffering from wi... -
McCarthy on Charlie Savage
As Lawfare readers know, I am not above criticizing the New York Times--or its estimable national security correspondent, Charlie Savage. I recently accused the Times' editorial board of lying about th... -
Wikileaks: The Inside Story
That is the title of a discussion on wikileaks next Thursday evening, February 3, at the Columbia School of Journalism, led by two of the central players in the saga: Bill Keller, the Executive Editor of... -
On the Resumption of Military Commissions
Not to be outdone by Ben in terms of posting to other outlets, I have a short piece up at Foreign Policy's website concerning the prospect that military commissions will soon begin moving forward with ne... -
Obama Should Read this Letter
The New York Times' Charlie Savage notes an interesting letter sent to President Obama by the new House Armed Services Committee Chairman, Buck McKeon, concerning plans for an executive order establishin... -
Time for Obama to Embrace Guantanamo
In an act of shocking infidelity to Lawfare, I posted this on the Brookings web site. For those too lazy to click on the link--or too mortified by my unfaithfulness to dignify it by doing so--here is wha... -
Peter Margulies Critiques Detention and Denial
I received the following email today from Peter Margulies, author of Law’s Detour: Justice Displaced in the Bush Administration, following his reading of Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor After G... -
So KSM Really Did Kill Daniel Pearl
The Washington Post today reports today on a new investigation by Georgetown faculty and students and the Center for Public Integrity about the murder of Daniel Pearl. -
Moving Forward on Commissions
[updated to clarify that there are new regs in the works, not a new manual] Charlie Savage reports this morning that Secretary Gates may soon lift an order that has precluded the initiation of new milit... -
Second Circuit Affirms Conviction in Training Camp/Website Case
An interesting opinion yesterday in United States v. Kassir (2d Cir. Jan. -
Terrific Opportunity for Students and Recent Grads Interested in Learning More about National Security and the Law
I want to draw attention to a remarkable opportunity for students interested in national security and the law: the Tikvah-Hertog Summer Institute on Law and National Security, which will take place at Co...
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