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Another FISA Document Dump from ODNI
This latest set of declassified documents is related to programs authorized by Sections 501 and 702 of FISA. -
Senate Hearings on bitcoin
Two hearings in one week on bitcoin. On Monday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on virtual currencies. Panel I Jennifer Shasky Calvery (Testimony) Directo... -
Government Files Brief in D.C. Circuit Gitmo Detainee Civil Case
The government has filed its brief in Al Laithi v. Rumsfeld and Celikgogus v. Rumsfeld, a case involving the consolidated claims of former Guantanamo detainees against former government officials in thei... -
Criminal or Political Protestor?
Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday. That's the maximum sentence he could have gotten for his plea of guilty to a single instance of hacking a computer. Readers of this blog wi... -
Building a Grenade with Materials Purchased After Airport Security
Great. Just great. The explosion is not all that impressive, but I sure wouldn't want to be on an airplane when it happened. More information available here from the aptly-named site, Terminal Cornu... -
The First Circuit and the First Amendment
This week’s much-anticipated decision by the First Circuit in Mehanna v. -
The Tarek Mehanna Decision: A Brief Summary
As Ben previewed yesterday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion written by Judge Bruce M. Selya, affirmed the conviction of Tarek Mehanna on a number of terrorism and false statement charge... -
Heel Dragging and Losing Arguments: The Abdullah Briefing
The appellant and appellee briefs in a Guantanamo detainee's habeas-related appeal, Abdullah v. Obama, have been filed with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. -
The Air Goes Out of the Balloon: The Tarek Mehanna Appeal
We will post a full summary of the First Circuit Court of Appeals's decision in the case of Tarek Mehanna soon. -
Jeh Johnson Confirmation Hearing Video
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Hayden v. Gellman: "Leakers or Whistleblowers?" A Debate at Duke
This event took place last night at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. -
Bagram: More on Wind-down of Obama's Guantanamo
Bobby drew attention to yesterday's Washington Post article about the Afghan Government's release of hundreds of detainees the U.S.
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