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New House Armed Services Detention Language

Benjamin Wittes
Monday, May 9, 2011, 1:32 PM
The House Armed Services Committee just released the Chairman's mark of the National Defense Authorization bill. I have not looked at it yet, but it apparently contains new language on detention and AUMF issues. I will post comments on it as soon as I have had a chance to digest it.

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The House Armed Services Committee just released the Chairman's mark of the National Defense Authorization bill. I have not looked at it yet, but it apparently contains new language on detention and AUMF issues. I will post comments on it as soon as I have had a chance to digest it.

Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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