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Convening Authority Invalidates Military Commission Conviction
It seems the D.C. Circuit's commission jurisprudence is kicking in. -
Senator Feinstein on Anti-Torture Reforms
On December 30, the outgoing Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sent a letter to the White House. The document---which was released earlier today---overvi... -
Two Basic Problems With Abstention in <em>Nashiri</em>
Wells already flagged yesterday's D.D.C. -
DDC Won't Halt Al-Nashiri's Military Commission at GTMO
Such is the gist of Judge Richard Roberts' order, issued yesterday in the context of the high-value Guantanamo detainee's habeas case in D.C. -
Cliff Sloan Stepping Down as State Department GTMO Envoy
The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The State Department envoy who negotiates detainee transfers from the military prison at -
Thoughts on the SSCI Report, Part I: Introduction and Overview
I have now spent enough quality time with the SSCI interrogation report---and with minority views and the CIA response---that I am ready to begin commenting upon it. This is not to say I have finished re... -
Our Collective Privacy Panic
We are told there is a privacy crisis. The Snowden revelation and other such things have given the sense that we are in a crisis. I think what we have is a privacy panic. What I would call the Snowden... -
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority, and the CIA: Part Five
Here is the fifth and final installment in our running, side-by-side comparison of the twenty findings and conclusions of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's Study on the CIA's Detention and In... -
9/11 Defense Counsel on the CIA's Response to the SSCI Study
James Connell III, lawyer for 9/11 accused Ammar al-Baluchi, had this to say today: "The CIA and its defenders are using Mr. al Baluchi as a scapegoat for its illegal and reprehensible use of torture," s... -
Senator Feinstein Rebuts CIA on Twitter
Yesterday, as CIA Director John Brennan spoke about the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's Study of CIA Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Senator Dianne Feinsten (D-CA) live tweete... -
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority, and the CIA: Part Four
In this post, we proceed with Lawfare's ongoing, side-by-side comparison of the SSCI Study's key findings, and responses to them by both the SSCI Minority as well as the CIA. By way of reminder, the SSC... -
CIA Director Brennan Delivers a Statement on SSCI Report
At approximately 1:40 p.m., John Brennan, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will make a statement on the SSCI's detention and interrogation study.
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