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Al Madhwani Emergency Motion on Water and Clothes
An emergency motion filed before U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan the other day alleges that guards at Guantanamo are denying a hunger-striking detainee access to potable water and are cranking up the ai... -
Prosecuting a US Citizen for Fighting with AQI's Forces in Syria
Now this is a strange and interesting case. You may have seen an interesting post recently at Foreign Policy describing a US citizen (and former soldier in the US Army) named Eric Harroun, who appeared ... -
CMCR Denies Mandamus in Military Commission Media Access Cases
Wells blogged previously about the efforts of various media groups and the ACLU to seek mandamus review before the Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR), challenging the scope of the protective orde... -
House Judiciary CFAA Bill
The House Judiciary Committee has released a draft cyber bill that would modify the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The bill is on a fast track as the House hopes to have a week of "cyber" legislation in ... -
FOIA Action Seeking List of GTMO Detainees
In case you missed it: on March 15, attorneys for the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg filed this FOIA action against the Department of Defense (h/t Legal Times). Rosenberg's complaint begins as follows: 1. -
Congress v. China on Cybersecurity
Stewart Baker points to a provision in Congress’s continuing resolution that is the first serious attempt I have seen to punish (as opposed to rail against) China for its cybersecurity practices. Sect... -
Carter and Pearlstein on Prosecution and Counterterrorism (and the Question of Denied Areas)
Philip Carter and Deborah Pearlstein have posted a thoughtful essay at Foreign Policy that emphasizes the utility of civilian criminal prosecution as a counterterrorism option. I very much agree with th... -
A Successful Conclusion to the Warsame Experiment?
The Ahmed Warsame case (Warsame is the al Shabaab member captured by US forces while attempting to return to Somalia after a period of training with AQAP in Yemen, who was then held for two months in mil... -
The Lingering Elements of Detention in Afghanistan: Non-Afghans and Afghan ESTs
Ben has already noted that the United States and Afghahnistan struck a deal to resume the process of handing over the remnants of U.S. -
Chief Judge Lamberth on the Government's Foot-Dragging in the Guantánamo Habeas Cases
Even for those keeping up with the Guantánamo litigation, this decision by Chief Judge Lamberth, a declassified version of which was released on Friday, may have slipped under the radar. The specific iss... -
Why the USG Complaints Against Chinese Economic Cyber-Snooping Are So Weak
James Lewis had an op-ed yesterday in the WP about “Five Myths About Chinese Hackers.” The fifth myth: 5. America spies on China, too, so what can we complain about? Chinese officials portray their cou... -
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Yesterday
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday held a hearing on "Counterterrorism Policies and Priorities: Addressing the Evolving Threat." Video is available here. The witnesses, and their prepared s...
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