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McKeon Letter to Obama on Detainee Provisions of the NDAA

Robert Chesney
Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 12:12 PM
Here is the latest salvo in the debate relating to the NDAA provisions relating to detainees: Last week Chairman McKeon sent this 7-page letter to the White House responding to the administration's earlier Statement of Administration Policy ("SAP") criticizing the detention-related provisions in the pending bills.

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Here is the latest salvo in the debate relating to the NDAA provisions relating to detainees: Last week Chairman McKeon sent this 7-page letter to the White House responding to the administration's earlier Statement of Administration Policy ("SAP") criticizing the detention-related provisions in the pending bills.

Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.

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