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Last week, Ben was perplexed by the government's reply in opposition to a motion for a preliminary injunction in a mysterious case brought by Mustafa al Hawsawi over Rear Adm. Woods' recent order regardi...
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As predicted, there is (despite speculation to the contrary) an OLC recess appointment opinion. Here it is.
UPDATE: Josh Gerstein, Charlie Savage, and John Elwood have some details and analysis.
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Guantanamo Birthday festivities continue with this National Law Journal opinion piece penned by Major Todd E.
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The ICRC recently published this report on its visits to detainees being held in U.S. facilities in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq, and South Carolina. The report opens:
Although terrorism is not new, Sta...
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The WSJ reports that Google is returning to China after its confrontation with the Chinese over Chinese censorship and alleged Chinese hacks into its computer systems led it to shut down its Chinese site...
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Adam Segal at CFR, the person from whom I learn most about China and cybersecurity (here is a sampling of his posts), has a post that links to a China Defense Daily article on why Chinese experts think t...
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Former Treasury and NSC official Juan Zarate has an interesting piece on CBS on national economic security. His argument, in a nutshell, is that USG passivity in getting its clock cleaned on cyber-theft...
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The Cato Institute, in its monthly Cato Unbound online magazine, is this month featuring a debate on drones to which Ritika and I have contributed an essay. The lead essay by David Cortright of Notre Dam...
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Here is my contribution to the Guantanamo birthday festivities--an oped in the Washington Post that opens:
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo...
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The headline news from this Congressional Research Service report (which comes courtesy of Wired's Danger Room, in a very handy article by Spencer Ackerman) is that, today, nearly one in three US warplan...
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Happy Tenth Birthday, Guantanamo Bay.
The Miami Herald kick-starts the birthday festivities with this piece about what lies ahead for the detention facility and this article about why President Obama ha...
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If Ben needs something to tear into, there's also this--my guest post over at the ACSblog, which uses Judge Brown's disturbing rhetoric in Latif as a foil through which to evaluate this "anniversary." Re...
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Never fear, Ben! While the Times may have disappointed you today, NPR has stepped into the breach this morning with its Guantanamo anniversary story.
To be frank, I'm more than a little surprised by th...
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I was certain that today, being the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, I would awaken to a big, fat New York Times editorial, rife with factual errors for me to co...
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Brigadier General Mark Martins is, at this hour, giving the following address to the New York City Bar Association:
Remarks of Brigadier General Mark Martins
Chief Prosecutor, Military Commissions
T...
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...that Brookings is "conservative leaning"--at least according to MSNBC.
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Here is Part II of Peter Margulies's reporting from AALS:
AALS Federal Courts Debate II: Military Commissions and Material Support
The lively federal courts panel at the American Association of Law Scho...
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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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As its 10th anniversary nears, reflections and analysis on Guantananamo has been more notable than usual:
Former Guantanamo detainees will mark the day at the launch of an online project called Laa Tans...
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Published by Atlantic Monthly Press (2011)
Reviewed by Sonia McNeil