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As Scott Shane reported in today's New York Times, the panel of independent psychiatric experts who reviewed the behavioral health history of Dr. Bruce E. Ivins--the person believed to be responsible for...
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Charlie Savage reports that the Obama administration’s “legal team appears to be distinguishing between a full war and a more limited military operation, on the theory that the Libyan intervention falls ...
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Today President Obama sent this letter to Congress, “as part of [his] efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution,” about the recent operations in Libya. After...
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I make the case, mostly drawing on arguments previously made on this blog, in Slate. I also make the obvious point that just because it is lawful does not mean it is a good idea.
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This is the final installment in my series of posts on the post-Executive Order spree of legislation emerging from Capitol Hill. It concerns the interrogation bill introduced by Sen.
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The U.S.
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I have now had the chance to go over a transcript of Thursday's House Armed Services Committee hearing on detention policy, at which Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson and Deputy Defense Secretary Will...
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Adam Serwer has a very thoughtful piece on yesterday's House Armed Services Committee hearing, which I could not attend. Like me, Adam has come to the conclusion that there is quite a bit of common groun...
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It looks like the Obama Administration is planning to deploy some form of U.S.
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Michael Stransky’s email led me to reread the questions Charlie Savage asked Senators Obama and Clinton in late 2007. The question and answers are worth considering in full. Savage asked:
In what circu...
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The U.N.
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In anticipation of the growing likelihood of some form of U.S.