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Today's Headlines and Commentary
In breaking news this morning, US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that he will resign his office. -
NPR: AG Holder Will Step Down
That's the word from this piece by NPR's Carrie Johnson. It begins: Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous... -
President Obama on the Structural Nature of Transnational Terror
President Obama’s UN speech yesterday morning, as expected, focused heavily on transnational security issues, specifically the US-led air campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. But he also touched on s... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama addressed the UN General Assembly in New York today. The Washington Post contrasts the tone of these remarks with the tone of another claim by the President som -
Speaking the Law: Chapters 4 and 5
The Hoover Institution has released Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of our serialized book: Speaking the Law: The Obama Administration’s Addresses on National Security Law. -
A New Readership Demographic?
Wells, always on the lookout for new readers, does some market research in Massachusetts. At least they didn't answer, "Just Security"! Happy Wednesday. -
Strikes in Syria: The International Law Framework
[Cross-posted at Just Security] As is now well-known, the United States last night hit approximately 25 targets inside Syria, some of which were directed at ISIL, and some at a group that has only rec... -
Transatlantic Dialogue on Int'l Law and Armed Conflict: Verdirame on Theory, Human Rights, and Conflict
The newest installment in the Transatlantic Dialogue series is now posted at ICRC's Intercross blog. It is from Professor Guglielmo Verdirame, and it addresses the larger implications of IHRL's expansion... -
More Tightening of Internet Restrictions by China
The Chinese Communist Party ("CCP"), already infamous for its deep censorship of internet in the People’s Republic, seems to be squeezing the web’s net even tighter. Since coming to power, President Xi ... -
The Obama Administration’s Legal Justification for Strikes Against the Islamic State In Syria
Based on comments from senior Obama administration officials who spoke on “the condition of anonymity,” Charlie Savage reports the Obama administration’s legal theory for the use of force against the Isl... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The United States and its allies began airstrikes in Syria with a massive assault across vast swaths of the country’s airspace last night. Foreign Policy carries the story. -
DCCA: USG Must Respond to Detainees' Petition for En Banc Rehearing in <em>Hatim</em>
Now this is interesting. Last week, detainees Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim, Abdurrahman al-Shubati and Fadel Hentif together sought en banc rehearing in Hatim v. Obama, the so-called "counsel access" case...
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