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Government Files Response to Al Janko's Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Today the government filed its response opposing Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al Janko's petition for an en banc rehearing. Back in January, a three-judge panel of the D.C. -
Latest District Court Ruling on NSA Surveillance
Today's ruling in Smith v. Obama grants the government's motion to dismiss, and thus bats away a Fourth Amendment-based challenge to NSA telephone metadata collection---for the reasons one would expect. ... -
Net Neutrality Explained
The topic of net neutrality (i.e. -
If President Washington Had An Office of Legal Counsel
Over at Point of Order, Michael Stern has an amusing and informative reflection on how President Washington might have responded to a House inquiry into a military defeat in the Northwest Territories, ha... -
The GameOver Zeus/CryptoLocker Indictment
Following up on last weeks indictment of 5 Chinese PLA members for economic espionage, the Department of Justice continued yesterday its apparent prosecutorial offensive against cyber criminals. The cas... -
The Administration's New (and Unconvincing) Reading of the Notice Requirement for GTMO transfers
The Obama Administration has backed away from its suggestions over the weekend that it failed to comply with the notice requirement in Section 1035 of the 2014 NDAA on constitutional grounds. -
Commentary on Bond
Curt Bradley’s thoughts are at AJIL Unbound, the Volokh Conspiracy has commentary by Nick Rosenkranz and Ilya Somin, and Jean Galbraith and -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots of discussion in the wake of the weekend’s freeing of Sgt Bowe Begdhal in exchange for the transfer of five Afghan Guantanamo detainees. Ben has outlined his thoughts on the matter, while Jack has f... -
Military Commission Charges Approved Against Abd Al Hadi Al-Iraqi
The Convening Authority's sign-off came yesterday, and now allows the Guantanamo case to proceed to arraignment. There are five charges in all---including denying quarter, attacking protected property, ... -
Interesting Poll Data on Attitudes Toward Snowden
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Two Great Essays on Glenn Greenwald's New Book
The first is by George Packer, writing in Prospect: Some of the instances are more subtle than others, but spread over the several hundred pages of this book, they reveal a mind that has liberated itsel... -
Another PRB, Another Detainee Cleared for Transfer
This time it's Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani, about whom a Periodic Review Board found last week: The Periodic Review Board, by consensus, determined continued law of war detention of the detainee is no longer...
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