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After hearing evidence in a contested bench trial, Army Colonel Denise Lind, a military trial judge, found Pfc.
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Earlier today, Jack posted a brief note on a list of old OLC opinions that have just been compiled and released. One item just leaped out at me from the list -- this entry:
Authority of the President to...
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Thanks to his "sur-reply", I finally understand the premise of Peter Margulies’s argument—and his amicus brief—in al Bahlul with regard to why the en banc D.C. Circuit can affirm Bahlul’s conspiracy conv...
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From The Guardian's live blog:
Manning has been found not guilty of the most serious charge of "aiding the enemy". However the private has been found guilty on five counts of violating the espionage act....
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Via Steve Aftergood at Secrecy News, I see that OLC has published a large cache of old opinions from 1933-1977. The opinions are all included in one volume.
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Let’s take a break from all things NSA today.
The verdict in Pfc. Bradley Manning’s trial will be announced at 1 p.m., reports Julie Tate of the Washington Post. I’ll post the news as soon as I have it....
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That's the essence of yesterday's order from the D.C. Circuit.
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Whenever someone buys things from Amazon.com using our little search widget on the sidebar, Lawfare gets a percentage of the purchase price. If you're thinking about buying big heavy law school text book...
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The Atlantic has an interesting article out about a new Pew poll showing a striking gender gap internationally in attitude towards drone strikes.
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At last week’s Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, advocates of closing Guantanamo, such as chairman Dick Durbin and Human Rights First president Elisa Massimino, talked about how to close Guantanamo:...
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Kevin’s most recent posts (here and here) continue to demonstrate his seriousness and salutary concern for defendants’ rights; the same is true for Steve. However, Kevin and Steve's posts don’t undermin...
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So says the Washington Post.
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A drone strike killed six militants and injured four in Pakistan as the men were crossing the border from Afghanistan; a senior commander of the Pakistani Taliban was allegedly killed.
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Oral argument in this Guantanamo-related case has been set before Circuit Judges Henderson, Rogers and Tatel for October 22nd.
By way of background, Al Janko filed a damages action against government of...
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There's a lot to say about Peter Margulies' reply to my and Kevin Heller's criticisms of the "former government officials'" amicus brief in al Bahlul--the military commission appeal currently pending bef...
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I've been thinking about ways to get the Lawfare Podcast a wider audience, and I want to recruit some reader help in this endeavor. Over on iTunes, the podcast has only five-star ratings, but nobody has ...
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Here's some legislative action to watch . . . in Deer Trail, CO:
DEER TRAIL, Colo. - The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado is considering a bold move. The town board will be voting on an ordinance that ...
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. . . here is State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki explaining how the administration, under legal obligation to cut off aid to Egypt if there has been coup in that country, is under no legal obligation...
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The White House announcement on Friday that the Defense Department plans to transfer two Algerian detainees held at Guantanamo to Algeria represents the most recent action in a long series of efforts by ...