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Apropos of my exchange this morning with Jeremy Rabkin, Senate Republicans on Tuesday issued this letter asking President Obama to declare all national security workers to be "essential" and return them ...
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Jeremy Rabkin, a law professor at George Mason University, sent me an email in response to my post from Sunday about the shutdown and national security.
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The splendidly quotable title quote - "Clearly, drones are the future for dull or dangerous missions" - comes from Dan Jangblad , chief strategy officer for Sweden's aerospace company, Saab AB, by way ...
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We are, once again, looking for an undergraduate or a recent graduate to intern with us. We will be accepting applications until November 1, 2013.
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Just as the great post-2008 wave of GTMO habeas litigation winds down, it appears to be time, at last, to revive the Periodic Review Board system at GTMO.
DOD breaks the news here (text reprinted below ...
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As inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons begin their inspections in Syria, they could find themselves on a collision course with the United Nations Security Council res...
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Just as it did in Aamer v. Obama, the Department of Justice filed a motion for postponement in Al Janko v. Gates, another Guantanamo-related appeal before the D.C. Circuit.
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Let's start the day's news with an update on all things WMD. It's been a while, I know.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons representative in Syria says that the Syrian government h...
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If a capture comes, can calls to send the terrorist to Guantanamo be far behind?
Apparently not.
ABC News is reporting that GOP Senators Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, and Saxby Chambliss are calling fo...
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Paul and I have been talking for a few months about the challenges posed by virtual currencies like bitcoin. My Security States post today examines the latest developments in the battle between individua...
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The government may not have its act together, but the third branch insists on carrying on anyway.
The other day, the Justice Department filed a motion to postpone oral argument in the force-feeding case...
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Abu Anas Al-Liby's detention aboard the U.S.S. San Antonio raises a host of issues regarding his eventual handover to the criminal justice system. A biggie is the extent to which criminal procedural rul...
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This weekend's first big counterterrorism event, the capture of Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, was carried out by Delta Force. Carlotta Gall has further details---supplied by al-Ruqai's son---over the at t...
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The Pentagon has just announced the new DoD special envoy for Guantanamo closure: Paul Lewis.
Secretary Hagel Announces Appointment to Key Defense Post
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today announced th...
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its memorandum opinion in Hamad v. Gates, a challenge by a former Guantanamo detainee to his detention and treatment while in U.S. custody. It found that §22...
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Courtesy of my office mate, Ross Tilchin, comes this Washington Post piece about a letter Adm. Bill McRaven, head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, wrote to one Walker Greentree, a 6-year old boy w...
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A veteran administration official emailed me just now in response to my piece last night on congressional Republicans and the shutdown: "Nice Piece (on the shutdown)," the official writes. "You are right...
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As information continues to emerge regarding the Baraawe raid, it is becoming increasingly clear that the operation was of a piece with, rather than a departure from, existing US policy. According to N...
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The New York Times is reporting that the U.S.
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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel released the following letter and memorandum over the weekend concerning the implementation of the Pay Our Military Act, which was passed in the hours before the shutdown.