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Former NSC Legal Adviser Richard Klingler, now a partner at Sidley Austin, writes in with the following important observation in relation to Holder’s speech and my commentary thereon. He raises a really ...
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One brief (but significant) point that thus far has gone largely unnoticed in the wide coverage of yesterday's speech by Attorney General Eric Holder is his invocation of the Supreme Court's Mathews v.
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Under the Intelligence Authorization Act, the DNI is required to release data on Guantanamo reengagement. He has now done so.
Here's the key table:
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My former colleagues on the Washington Post editorial page have weighed in quickly on Eric Holder's speech yesterday with an editorial entitled, "It's Time to Release the Drone Memos." The gravamen of th...
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In this post, I focus on the portion of the speech addressing the targeted use of lethal force, including against US citizens. To cut to the chase, the heart of the discussion comes when the Attorney Gen...
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As promised, Attorney General Holder delivered an address on law and national security today at Northwestern Law. The speech covered an array of topics, including a defense of the legitimacy of military...
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The Times has an important story from Alissa Rubin this morning describing the ongoing negotiations between the US and Afghanistan regarding the future of the US presence there. We have frequently heard...
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From London24, which bills itself as "London for Londoners," we learn that "Ex-Guantanamo Detainee from East Ham Attacked Traffic Warden":
Tarek Dergoul, of Holland Road, East Ham, was in a bicycle shop ...
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Attorney General Eric Holder will apparently give a public address on Monday that will provide a fuller explanation and justification for the government's policies on targeted killings, including for the...
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In late January, Daniel Klaidman reported that the administration was inclined to have Attorney General Holder give a major speech specifying additional details regarding the legal framework governing th...
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In a conversation several years ago about what was then simply a hypothesized US military exit from Afghanistan, a friend told me, think of the CIA as the French Foreign Legion. My friend meant by that ...
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Missy Cummings, Director of the Humans and Automation Laboratory and a professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT discusses robots on our battlefields.
Cummings is a bit of a force of nature.