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As We Leave Iraq, What About Daqduq?
As you probably have heard already, negotiations to extend the U.S. -
Ayotte Amendment Fails
The Kelly Ayotte amendment I discussed yesterday was voted down late last night, reports the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The Senate voted early Friday to reject a Republican effort to prohibit the Uni... -
Who Needs This?
Another unpleasant proposed spending restriction related to trying suspected terrorists--this time from Senator Kelly Ayotte. This is a proposed amendment to an appropriations bill for the Justice Depart... -
Is the Administration Softening on AUMF Reaffirmation?
I had been waiting for the video of Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson's speech at the Heritage Foundation to be released to post thoughts it. But I awoke this morning to press coverage of the speech t... -
Jeh Johnson Speech Text Now Available
The text of the speech that Jeh Johnson, General Counsel of the Department of Defense, gave at the Heritage Foundation earlier today is available here. We will post the video of the event, including the ... -
Livestream: Jeh Johnson speaking about detention legislation at the Heritage Foundation
Jeh Johnson, the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, is currently speaking about detention legislation at the Heritage Foundation. The livestream is available here. -
Quick Thoughts on the USG's Refusal to Use Cyberattacks in Libya
Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of the NYT report that the Obama administration considered using offensive cyber-weapons in the war in Libya, but in the end did not use them. Schmitt and Shanker give seve... -
Stimson on the Pending NDAA FY12 Bills
Cully Stimson (Heritage) has posted a very handy review of the pros and cons of the pending NDAA FY12 bills, highlighting both the useful and problematic aspects of that legislation. And as a reminder, ... -
Examining the Evidence of a Detention-Drone Strike Tradeoff
Yesterday Jack linked to this piece by Noah Feldman, which among other things advances the argument that the Obama administration has resorted to drone strikes at least in part in order to avoid having t... -
Pardiss Kebriaei on the A-Zahrani Oral Argument
Pardiss Kebriaei writes in with the following response to my admittedly harsh summary of her D.C. Circuit argument in Al-Zahrani, in which I suggested that she had no good answer to a pretty basic jurisd... -
D.C. Circuit Ruling in Latif
The D.C. Circuit appears to have ruled in the case of Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif (which Larkin previewed here, the briefs from which she posted here, the argument in which she and I covered here). Latif w... -
Abdulmutallab Pleads Guilty to All Counts
So reports NPR here.
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