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Mueller Report Redactions: Will Congress Ever See All of the Mueller Grand Jury Material?
The wait is almost over. The Mueller report is set for release on Thursday morning. It’s already a number-one bestseller on Amazon. Congressional staffers are stockpiling booze and drafting take-out orde... -
Suggestions for Streamlining the FBI’s Prepublication Review Process
Scholars of the U.S. intelligence community have engaged in a robust discussion of the community’s prepublication review, or prepub, process. Many of these discussions have been critical in tone, and cer... -
It’s Time to Admit That the Military Commissions Have Failed
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Summary: D.C. Circuit Vacates Military Judge’s Rulings in Al-Nashiri
On April 16, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted Guantanamo detainee and alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed al-Nashiri’s petition for a writ of mandamus and vacated all o... -
Document: D.C. Circuit Vacates Orders of Nashiri Judge
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday issued its opinion in In Re: Abd al-Rahim Muhammed al-Nashiri. The court held that Col. Vance Spath, the judge in the al-Nashiri ... -
National Security Law Podcast: Y'all Got Designated
Live episode! We recorded this morning before a live audience at the University of Texas School of Law reunion weekend. It was a packed house of terrific alumni, and happily the week’s news conspired (... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yujing Zhang, the Chinese woman arrested for lying to authorities while entering Mar-a-Lago was deemed a flight risk by U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman and will remain jailed reported the Washin... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Michelle Melton on Climate Change as a National Security Threat
Since November, Lawfare Contributor Michelle Melton has run a series on our website about Climate Change and National Security, examining the implication of the threat as well as U.S. and international r... -
The State of FirstNet, America’s Public Safety Broadband Network
On April 1, AT&T announced that the Navy and the Marine Corps had signed up to the FirstNet public safety broadband network, which prioritizes public safety communications over other types of traffic. A ... -
Remembering the Bay of Pigs: Law and Covert War
Tomorrow is an ignominious anniversary. On that date in 1961, about 1,400 American-trained Cuban exiles launched a secret invasion of Cuba in an effort to overthrow the Fidel Castro regime. After landing... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Why France Understands China’s Policy Better Than the Rest of Us
Our News Roundup is hip deep in China stories. The inconclusive EU-China summit gives Matthew Heiman and me a chance to explain why France understands—and hates—China’s geopolitical trade strategy more t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Justice Department has stated that it expects to release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Thursday morning, says the Washington Post.
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