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What Happens to Captured Persons in Mali?
What is happening in Mali to people who are captured rather than killed by French, Chadian, or Malian forces? I asked this in February, but so far as I know the question remains unanswered in the public... -
The President's Guantanamo Comments
I confess myself mystified by President Obama's comments about Guantanamo this morning. Here is what the President said---with the parts I find confusing bolded: QUESTION: Mr. President, as you're probab... -
POTUS on Guantanamo Closure
Earlier this morning, President Obama conducted a news conference. The questions touched on, among other things, the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, and the detainees' ongoing hunge... -
Susan Landau on USG Surevillance Via New Technologies
Susan Landau, author of Surveillance or Security? -
US Intelligence Support to Mexico's Counter-Cartel Operations
This Washington Post article by Dana Priest is an excellent primer for those looking for an introduction to the particulars of US intelligence support to Mexico's counter-cartel activities, as well as th... -
Surveillance and Cyberspace
As Raffaela has already noted, in today's Washington Post there is a fascinating story about government plans to require new cyber communications technologies to provide a means by which the government c... -
Carrie Cordero on Questions to Ask After the Boston Attacks
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with this piece on the Boston attacks and possible improvements to our approach to c... -
UK Considers Withdrawing from European Convention on Human Rights
In mid-March, I noted a speech by Home Secretary Theresa May, in which she advanced the idea that the UK should consider withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights. As I noted then, the Eu... -
Count Me Confused
The Hill reports: The head of the House Intelligence panel is worried the Justice Department may have jeopardized the public’s safety by allowing a federal judge to read the Boston bombing suspect his Mi... -
Salam Al-Marayati on Boston and Combating Extremism
Salam al-Marayati, President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, sent in this piece on the Boston attacks and extremism: An unfortunate consequence of the Boston Marathon bombings has been this: the si... -
Amici Retired Military Officials Seek to Participate in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald Argument
The Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald on June 3. The civil appeal challenges the power of the Military Commissions’ Convening Authority to prosecute Al-Nashiri before a mi... -
Changing US Code Section Numbers for Key Provisions in Title 50
One of the hallmarks of a person steeped in national security law is their facility with the statutory designations in various parts of Title 50, especially the National Security Act of 1947 and the CIA ...
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