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The final version of my article, A Rule of Lenity for National Security Surveillance Law, has been posted online at the Virginia Law Review website. The article advocates a new approach to FISA reform:...
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President Obama said last week that he wants an AUMF for the ISIL conflict, and he further stated that he wants to “right-size and update whatever authorization Congress provides to suit the current figh...
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On Friday, Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied detainee Abu Wa'el Dhiab's bid for a preliminary injunction against certain Guantanamo force-feedin...
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ICYMI, GTMO policy folks: Matt Danzer's final round of digests on last week's hearing in United States v. Al-Nashiri can be found below, and in our "Events Coverage" section. (Earlier coverage of the he...
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Thursday's session opens with an update on AE 284, the defense motion seeking Skype calls for Al-Nashiri, from prosecution attorney Col. Robert Moscati. The prosecution has learned that the Guantanamo ad...
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The final session for the day begins with AE 314C, a defense motion to compel testimony at the hearing on a defense motion to suppress statements made by Al-Nashiri. Capt.
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The United States carried out a series of airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria this weekend.
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On Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.
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Published by Knopf (2014)
Reviewed by Peter Baker
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
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Editor’s Note: Under President Xi Jinping, China appears more aggressive and dictatorial: a worrisome combination as China’s wealth makes it more influential and helps it build a stronger military.
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Last month, Jack gave a talk at the Hoover Institution on President Obama's war powers legacy. It's a remarkable address: hard-hitting, clear, and sure to discomfort Obama's defenders on war powers issue...
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Orin Kerr provided audio of this week’s oral arguments in Klayman v. Obama. Wells later contributed a recap of the arguments in the case.
Paul noted how curious it was that according to current law enfo...
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Yesterday I posted a short blog on an interesting VA decision regarding the application the Fifth Amendment privilege to the question of unlocking cell phones and other devices. The short summary is tha...
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The parties return for the afternoon session and Judge Spath begins by laying out his thinking on the previous motion seeking supervised telephone and Skype calls between Al-Nashiri and his family. In th...
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The developing story of the FBI’s impersonation of journalists is, in a way, really the story of Timberline high school in Washington State. In June of 2007 Timberline had received a series of bomb threa...
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The Russians are Coming. A trojan horse malware program has deeply penetrated US critical infrastructure and the Russians are probably behind it.
The Crypto-Libertarians are Not Coming. More than 400 ...
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This week, President Obama will ask Congress to approve $3.2 billion in additional funding for U.S. operations against the Islamic State. This figure comes as an amendment to the pending $58.6 billion wa...
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By the end of the year, the United States and Japan are expected to release revised Guidelines for Defense Cooperation. For the first time in seventeen years, the two nations will modernize the framework...
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Published by Basic Books (2014)
Reviewed by Benjamin Bissell