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CIA Releases Declassified Memo on Haspel Involvement in Destruction of Tapes
The CIA released a declassified December 2011 memo by Michael Morell, then the deputy director, about Gina Haspel’s involvement in the destruction of detainee interrogation tapes in 2005. President Trump... -
R.I.P. Congressional War Power
President Donald Trump has ordered significant military strikes against assets of the Assad regime in Syria. -
Document: Judge Chutkan Enjoins John Doe's Transfer
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the transfer of John Doe, an American citizen held in U.S. military custody in Ir... -
A Fast Track to Nowhere: ‘Expedited Procedures’ and the New AUMF Proposal
On Monday evening, a bipartisan coalition of senators led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R.-Tenn.) and Sen. -
Summary: Briefs on al-Qahtani’s Motion to Compel
Thursday morning, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the D.C. federal district court will hear argument on whether the government may be compelled to examine Guantanamo Bay detainee and alleged 9/11 conspirator M... -
Document: ACLU's Response to Government's Notice of Intention to Transfer John Doe
On Tuesday, April 17, the Justice Department filed a notice alerting the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia of the government's intention to transfer John Doe, an American citizen held in U... -
Document: Government Notice of Intention to Transfer John Doe
On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a notice informing the D.C. federal district court of the government's intention to transfer the detained John Doe U.S.-citizen enemy combatant to the custody of ... -
Document: White House Letter of Notice to Congress on Syria Strike
The White House has released the following text of a letter sent to the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate to serve as notice of military engagement in Syria on April 13, consis... -
The Blurred Distinction Between Armed Conflict and Civil Unrest: Recent Events in Gaza
On April 6, for the third weekend in a row, Palestinians residents of Gaza confronted the Israeli Defense Forces near the fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel. According to Palestinian sources, ov... -
Document: Draft Counterterrorism Authorization for Use of Military Force
Sens. Bob Corker, Tim Kaine, Jeff Flake, Chris Coons, Todd Young, and Bill Nelson introduced the following draft authorization for use of military force against designated terrorist groups on Monday: -
Is the U.N. Charter Law?
I think the question of whether the U.N. Charter is law is misleading or meaningless or both, for reasons that I hope this post will make apparent. But now that I have your attention, I want to sketch a ... -
The Trump Administration Should Do More to Explain the Legal Basis for the Syrian Airstrikes
In their post earlier today, Jack Goldsmith and Oona Hathaway argue that the Trump administration had no apparent domestic or international legal authority for last night’s air strikes against Syria. I h...
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