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I always read what Conor Friedersdorf has to say over at the Atlantic. He's thoughtful and focused on the merits, and offers an important libertarian perspective on matters including the NDAA debate. I...
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You can read the edited transcript from the Senate's debate yesterday on the detention provisions here. Previous coverage is available here and here. This includes debate on the Sessions amendment starti...
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[THIRD UPDATE (12/9/11): See here for my updated assessment as to US citizens captured abroad.]
[SECOND UPDATE (12/7/11): Thanks to a flood of emails and calls, I am aware that a great many readers rema...
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As so many of you have found our earlier post of the Senate debate over the NDAA useful, we wanted to offer legislative materials related to the Senate's deliberations. I will continue to update this po...
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...yet it did get 30 "yea" votes.
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As I noted the other day, I invited Pepperdine law professor Gregory McNeal to write a guest post summarizing his new article on U.S. targeting standards. He sent in the following:
Thanks to Lawfare f...
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FBI Director Robert S.
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Senator Mark Udall of Colorado is pushing an amendment to the NDAA to strip the bill of its detainee-affairs provisions and require further study of the relevant issues from both the executive branch and...
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I missed this before Thanksgiving, I'm afraid, but fortunately, the invaluable Josh Gerstein did not:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is joining the chorus of Obama administration voices ...
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I have one thought to add to Bobby's observations yesterday about the legal implications of finishing off the Al Qaeda core in Pakistan. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon has taken a be...
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Greg Miller of the Washington Post has an important story this morning addressing the possibility that the original al Qaeda network is but a drone strike or two away from eradication:
The leadership ran...
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The Republican presidential candidates debated national security and foreign policy issues last night in Washington. Ritika teed up the debate here with links to the Post’s preview of issues to watch and...
