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The GOP Pledge on Detention Policy
It is, I suppose, one of the perks of being in the opposition that one need not have anything useful, interesting, or responsible to say on key matters of policy. For years, it was the Democrats who had ... -
Malware as Incipient Armed Attack, Malware as Preparation of the (Cyber) Battlefield
Stewart Baker draws attention to a very interesting story involving a piece of malware known as Stuxnet. Stuxnet aims to penetrate SCADA systems (i.e., software enabling utilities to remotely monitor an... -
Paul Rosenzweig on Obama's Comment to Woodward
Paul Rosenzweig, who served as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security during the last administration, writes in with following perceptive thoughts, fleshing out my s... -
What Obama Really Said to Woodward
The Washington Post has now published the context surrounding Obama's much derided comment to Bob Woodward about absorbing a terrorist attack. According to the Post's Greg Sargent, Woodward writes on pag... -
"We Can Absorb a Terrorist Attack"
If President Obama does not already regret saying these words to Bob Woodward for a book slated for release just before the mid-term elections, he surely will. The Washington Post reports that: Woodward'... -
Lindsey Graham Speaks at AEI
One person we have not heard from in our extensive discussion on this blog of Sen. Lindsey Graham's habeas legislation, S. 3707, is Sen. Lindsey Graham. Graham has been uncharacteristically reticent on t... -
Detention in NIAC: Material Support, DPH, and Other Suggested Standards
Kevin Heller objects to an argument that he incorrectly attributes to Ben and me in the wake of our recent dialogue with Steve Vladeck. Kevin writes: Unfortunately, if all you read was Wittes and Chesne... -
An Important New Article By Aziz Huq
More than two years ago, in my book Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror, I wrote the following paragraph about the value of habeas review to innocent detainees: Indeed, [my] ... -
New START, Missile Defense, Treaty Amendments
Last week the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the resolution of ratification for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (“New START), sending it to the entire Senate, where under Article II ... -
Continuing the Conversation on the Scope of Detention Authority
In response to this post Ben and I put up earlier regarding the Graham bill’s detention provision, Steve Vladeck has written a reply and given me permission to post it below. My comments follow after: ... -
Salahi Error Correction
In my post on Friday on the Salahi oral argument, I pointed out that counsel for the detainee had erred in not bringing to the court's attention an important sentence from the district court's underlying... -
David Remes Critiques My Scorecard Critique
It isn't every day that someone sends me a 5,700 word critique of, well, my own work and asks me to publish it. But today, David Remes, who represents a number of Guantanamo clients, sent me a document e...
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