Senator Lieberman has an op ed in the Washington Post today calling for a move forward on his cybersecurity legislation.  Meanwhile, Senator Collins (one of the cosponsors of Lieberman's bill) has called...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has has just stayed Judge Katherine Forrest's decision in Hedges: For the following reasons, we conclude that the public interest weighs in favor of granting the gover...

I had to restrain myself this morning at the D.C. Circuit from interrupting proceedings with an emergency request for an on-the-spot ruling in Wittes v. FAA---a case which has admittedly does not exist--...

Per Ben's and Bobby's responses to my post from earlier this week, I think one point needs to be made crystal clear: If Ben and Bobby are correct, then the phrase "substantial support" in the March 13 br...

I'd like to expand on Ben's post below in relation to Hedges and the First Amendment, focusing on the "material support"/"substantial support" issue.  (I'm having to write quickly, so please excuse any t...

Based on the voluminous media and blog coverage of last week's decision in Hedges v. Obama, in which Judge Forrest permanently enjoined at least part of the detention provision of the FY2012 NDAA [sectio...

Here is the letter sent today from the White House (courtesy of John Brennan) to Senator Rockefeller.  It begins: The executive branch national security team - including civilian, military and intelligen...

Last week, Stewart Baker at Skating on Stilts described the leaked draft Executive Order on Cybersecurity (which he had not seen) as "focused."  Maybe so, but at 19 pages it seems rather less so to me.  ...

David Remes---who, in addition to representing several Guantanamo detainees, is a member of the plaintiffs' legal team in Hedges v. Obama---sent in this note yesterday: The debate on this blog about Jud...

Senators McCain, Hutchinson and Chambliss have an op ed in the Wall St.