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Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 2
Below, you will find the second installment in our ongoing effort to identify, in summary form, key areas of dispute as between the SSCI, the SSCI minority, and the CIA with regard the CIA's detention an... -
Various Senators React to the SSCI Report
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Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 1
We’re going to start processing this voluminous release of material by comparing the top-line conclusions reached by the three major entities: The SSCI majority, the SSCI minority, and the CIA, each of w... -
Kerry Outlines Administration Vision of an AUMF
From Secretary of State John Kerry's prepared testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today: Toward that end, we ask you now to work closely with us on a bipartisan basis to develop langu... -
Happening Now: Secretary of State John Kerry Testifies on ISIS AUMF
Secretary of State John Kerry is currently testifying in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on an authorization of the use of military force against the Islamic State. You can view the testi... -
Released: SSCI Detention and Interrogation Study, Along With Minority Views and the CIA's Response
Here is the long-awaited Executive Summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program. The latter includes in a single file a foreword authored by Sena... -
Senator Feinstein to Speak on the Senate Floor Regarding the SSCI Report and Torture
We expect the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman to address the chamber, and to discuss her Committee's long-anticipated study, sometime between 11 and 11:15. A link to C-SPAN's coverage is here; t... -
The Forthcoming SSCI Report: Preemptive Commentary and What to Expect on Lawfare
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's interrogation program is expected out today, but unsurprisingly, many people aren't bothering to wait for it, the minority views, or the CIA's respon... -
There Is a Recent Silver Lining for Gitmo Policy – But It's Not What People Have Been Talking About
The new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is likely to extend the ban on any transfers of Guantanamo detainees into the United States but ease restrictions on transfers to other countries. -
Senator Menendez's Draft ISIL AUMF
Last Thursday, Bloomberg View’s Josh Rogin had a piece on a draft ISIL authorization put forth by Senator Bob Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Based on Rogin's report, it... -
The D.C. Circuit's Mandamus Jurisdiction and the Legitimacy of the Military Commissions
It now appears that the next military commissions case in which the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument is that of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri ("Nashiri"), with oral argument scheduled before an as-yet unna... -
Six More Guantanamo Transfers---to Uruguay
Here's the news from the New York Times this morning: WASHINGTON– The United States transferred six detainees from the
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