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Chief Prosecutor Statement on This Week's Hearing in <em>Al-Nashiri</em>
Brig. Gen. Mark Martins' remarks on the two-day pre-trial session, which commences today, can be found here. (Note that the hearing will proceed, despite the pendency of the United States' appeal of the... -
KSM: The Face for Hair Removal Product
It's Ben's birthday, and a very kind person sent over this excellent story in Slate as a present. -
Detainee Transferred from Afghanistan to US for Trial: A Model for GTMO Closure?
A very interesting development today with respect to the ongoing effort to complete the shut-down of US-administered military detention in Afghanistan: As you may recall, we have long since ceased holdi... -
Oral Argument Audio in <em>Klayman v. Obama</em>
The D.C. Circuit has posted the audio in Klayman v. Obama, the Section 215 case, here. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
All across the United States, people are going to the polls today to vote in this year’s midterm elections. 19.3 million early votes have already been logged in the most expensive midterm election ever.... -
The Zivotofsky Oral Argument Transcript
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End of Forever War Watch, Election Day Edition
The wise Walter Pincus had a good piece yesterday in the WP that makes two points: (1) the United States’ fight “against the so-called Islamic State has just begun and will last for years,” and (2) “Iraq... -
Two Quick Thoughts on Today's Argument in <em>Zivotofsky</em>
Today I attended the hour-long oral argument in Zivotofsky v. Kerry. I won’t rehearse the facts or procedural history, other than to remind readers of the basic question under discussion: the constitut... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today marks the beginning of oral arguments in the landmark Zivotofsky v. Kerry case. Lawfare has devoted extensive coverage to the trial and its implications, a small selection of which can be found her... -
On Ryan Goodman's "Interrogation" of the "Parity Principle"
Over at Just Security, Ryan Goodman analyzes UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson's claim that states owe the same privacy protections to non-nationals abroad as to their own citizens at home in conducting... -
The Forest and the Trees: Syrian Reactions to Foreign Actions Against ISIS
The Washington Post last week reported that Syria strongly denounced the decision by Turkey to allow ten Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross the border from Turkey into the Syrian town of Kobane. -
On Journalists’ Claims for Immunity From Legal Accountability
I think I am unusual among former government officials in arguing that the publication of national security secrets can promote democracy and good government. Such publications are often costly, sometim...
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