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<i>Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l</i>: Secret Surveillance, Standing, and the Supreme Court
Friday afternoon, the Obama Administration filed a cert. petition in Clapper v. -
A Few Notes on the <i>al-Shimari</i> Fourth Circuit En Banc Argument
I wasn't able to attend last Friday's oral argument before the en banc Fourth Circuit in the Abu Ghraib contractor suits (about which we've said quite a bit previously). -
<i>Minneci v. Pollard</i> and Contractor Liability
Tomorrow morning, the en banc Fourth Circuit will hear oral argument in the two Abu Ghraib/contractor preemption cases about which we've blogged previously. -
A Closer Look at Lebron v. Rumsfeld (Padilla’s Bivens Suit)
As Jack and Steve have both noted, yesterday the Fourth Circuit issued its opinion in Lebron v. Rumsfeld, the appeal seeking reversal of a district court's decision denying Jose Padilla declaratory and e... -
Drone Strikes and U.S. Citizens: The White House Opts for the Half-Monty Over the Full-Harold
Daniel Klaidman at Newsweek, whose forthcoming book on the Obama Administration's counterterrorism policies promises to be must-read material, reports that the decision has been made to go public with so... -
Fourth Circuit Throws Out Jose Padilla's <i>Bivens</i> Suit
Jack just flagged the Fourth Circuit's unanimous 39-page opinion throwing out Lebron v. -
Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal in Rumsfeld v. Padilla
Opinion here. Commentary later, hopefully. -
CIA Officer Prosecuted for Leaking Classified Info to Journalist in Connection with GTMO Interrogations
Oh boy. Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has been arrested and charged with leaking classified to a journalist concerning interrogation at GTMO, including the identity of persons involved in interrogati... -
Denial of Motion to Suppress FISA-Derived Evidence in Al-Shabaab Prosecution
United States v. Mahamud (D. -
Clive Walker Critiques the UK Ministry of Justice Green Paper on Justice and Security
Back in October, we linked to a very interesting "green paper" produced by the UK Ministry of Justice addressing issues associated with secrecy, intelligence, security, and justice. Clive Walker (Leeds)... -
DOJ Files Amicus Brief in Fourth Circuit Contractor Torture Cases
We've written previously about the Fourth Circuit's (upcoming) en banc rehearing of Al-Shimari v. CACI International, Inc. and Al-Quraishi v. -
Peter Margulies Reports on AALS I
Peter Margulies of Roger Williams University School of Law has sent in two accounts of panel discussions at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools. Here is the first:
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