Today's Headlines and Commentary

Ongoing developments in Libya continue to generate abundant news. Most notably, the United Nations has called for an inquiry into Qaddafi's death, reports Nick Cumming Bruce of the New York Times. Also, questions regarding the leader's burial have caused friction within the country, say Kareem Fahim and Rick Gladstone of the Times. Spencer Ackerman of Wired Danger Room and Shirin Sadeghi of the Huffington Post, report on President Obama and Secretary Clinton's remarks on Libya, respectively. James M. Lindsay at the Council on Foreign Relations has commentary and analysis on Libya's transition. The Times ran an op-ed, Omar Abulqasim Alkikli wrote one as well, the Washington Post also has an op-ed, and David Ignatius' piece is here. Dan Zak at the Post reports on the closure of the second of three U.S. military headquarters in Iraq as President Obama announced the complete withdrawal of forces by the year's end. According to Jim Barnett at CNN, the two men accused of plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador have been indicted. Thomas Erdbrink of the Post has more on Iranian politics. The AP and Reuters report on the indictment of two "Jihad Jane" associates. A copy of the indictment is available here. Two Minnesotan women have been convicted of aiding Al-Shabab, according to Reuters. Jerry Markon at the Washington Post and Charlie Savage at the New York Times inform us that the American Civil Liberties Union has accused the FBI of using racial profiling against Muslim communities. The evidence for the ACLU's allegations is laid out in an initiative known as "Mapping the FBI;" read the letter the ACLU sent to Attorney General Eric Holder here. David P. Ball of the Vancouver Observer has more on one of the former Guantanamo Bay detainees that launched a private prosecution in a Canadian provincial court to arrest President George W. Bush for torture. U.K. Justice Secretary Ken Clarke calls for secret evidence to be permitted in civil court cases, but faces major resistance from the House of Lords, reports Andy McSmith of the Independent.  The AP informs us that U.S. army has reduced the prison sentence of a soldier who was convicted of fatally shooting a detainee in Afghanistan. And here's your moment of Zen. For more interesting law and security-related articles, follow us on Twitter and visit the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law’s Security Law Brief. Feel free to email me noteworthy articles I may have missed at singh.lawfare@gmail.com.