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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Is an Iranian nuclear deal going to happen? Four days before a scheduled deadline in talks, the answer to that question is as unclear as ever. -
Navy Weighing Fate of Nurse who Refused To Perform Guantanamo Force-Feeding Procedures
Earlier this month we noted that, in the much-watched Dhiab case, a federal judge refused to grant a preliminary injunction against certain force-feeding procedures used on hunger-strikers at Guantanamo. -
SSCI Leadership on Proposed Changes to CIA E-Mail Destruction Policy
A while back I noted certain 9/11 defense counsel's objections to a proposed change to the CIA's policy, regarding the destruction of CIA e-mails. In August, a federal bureaucracy charged with appraising... -
ODNI Releases Transcript from 2008 Protect America Act Litigation
On Monday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published a declassified oral argument transcript from critically important 2008 proceedings before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Co... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)’s USA Freedom Act failed to pass the Senate. Intended to reform the National Security Agency (NSA) and limit government surveillance, the bill received fifty-eight... -
Congressional Action on ICANN Accountability
As readers of this blog know, the United States is in the midst of a transition that will, when completed, give up its contractual control of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). That authori... -
NTSB Overturns ALJ Ruling in <em>Pirker</em> Drone Case
Robot-inclined folk probably already know the story of Rafael Pirker. In 2011 he flew his Ritewing Zephyr powered glider over the University of Virginia, while taking aerial photos; allegedly the aircra... -
The Senate Kills Surveillance Reform and Glenn Greenwald Shrugs
The Senate yesterday buried---at least for now---surveillance reform, when Republican senators refused to allow the current draft of the measure to proceed to a vote. Glenn Greenwald has an interesting r... -
D.C. Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc in Allaithi v. Rumsfeld
The D.C. Circuit has just issued a per curiam order denying six Guantanamo detainees' petition for rehearing en banc in Allaithi v. Rumsfeld. The detainees sought review of the D.C. -
Audio of ABA's "24th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law CLE Conference"
The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security has released audio files of sessions from its recent annual conference. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
According to the BBC, a report from the Global Terrorism Index found that the number of deaths from terrorism increased by 61 percent in 2013, while the number of attacks increased by 44 percent. We begi... -
11/18 Session #2: Now or Later, Part Two
The prosecutor, Lt. Col. David Long, finishes his arguments regarding whether to push back argument on motion AE21, Al Hadi's challenge to physical touching by female Guantanamo guards. Long says no. ...
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