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David Remes on <em>Hedges</em>
David Remes---who, in addition to representing several Guantanamo detainees, is a member of the plaintiffs' legal team in Hedges v. Obama---sent in this note yesterday: The debate on this blog about Jud... -
More on Matthew Bissonnette
Lawfare reader Col. Fritz Barth USMCR (ret.) writes in with this comment on the SCI nondisclosure obligations of Matthew Bissonnette, author of No Easy Day: There is one additional element of Bissonette'... -
Raha Wala on <em>Hedges</em>---And My Response
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with the following response to my comments on Hedges. My thoughts follow his critique and very-cautious defense of Judge Forrest: Ben’s post on Judge Forrest’s o... -
<i>Hedges</i> and the Feinstein Amendment
I don't have a lot to add to Ben's analysis of Judge Forrest's decision yesterday in Hedges v. -
Initial Thoughts on <em>Hedges</em>
I have now read through Judge Forrest's opinion in Hedges---all 112 pages of it. I have done so only briskly, and I have surely missed things in my haste. But here are some initial thoughts. The opinion... -
Judge Forrest Issues Permanent Injunction in <em>Hedges</em>
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The Government’s Conundrum in Responding to "No Easy Day"
“How the hell can we run sensitive operations here that go after enemies if people are allowed to do that?,” asked Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, on CBS, in response to the revelations about the Bin ... -
Matthew Bissonnette’s Duties Concerning Classified Information
Tom Ricks has an uncharacteristically uninformed post about the No Easy Day kerfuffle, in which he claims that it “would be a bad thing if people came to expect some sort of right of the military to revi... -
Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture of Counterterrorism
I'm happy to report that I've recently completed drafting an article that has been much on my mind for the past few years. Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture o... -
Bahlul D.C. Circuit Argument Postponed; Is Hamdan Nigh?
Ben beat me to it, but this morning, the D.C Circuit issued a terse order removing United States v. -
Justice Kennedy, Alex Bickel, and the Separation of Powers
Over at SCOTUSblog, there's a terrific symposium underway to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Least Dangerous Branch, Alex Bickel's seminal work on the Supreme Court and judicial review. -
Civilian Criminal Jurisdiction Over Military Defendants: A New Day in Mexico?
One of the many difficulties that arise when a state employs its military to conduct operations within its own borders is the question of whether alleged abuses committed by the military should be tried ...
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