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Here's the Obama Administration's statement of policy regarding the Senate's version of the NDAA for FY2013. The document begins as follows:
The Administration appreciates the Senate Armed Services Com...
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You want 'em? We got 'em.
Here are some more counterterrorism-relevant amendments to the Senate's version of NDAA 2013---all offered by Senator Sessions: Nos. 3009 (conditioning the availability of ce...
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Apropos of the amendment proposed by Senator Feinstein and others, and tonight’s NDAA discussion in the Senate, here’s a quick review of S. 3254, the NDAA 2013 bill that the Senate Armed Services Committ...
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Senator Dianne Feinstein---along with Senators Lee, Coons, Collins, Paul, Lautenberg, Gillibrand, and Kirk---have introduced this amendment to the current NDAA, now on the Senator floor.
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As Ritika noted earlier today, the New York Times editorial page has renewed its call for the Obama administration to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay. (I'll take it from Ben's lack of snark that he ju...
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Senator Rand Paul’s rumored detention amendment got me reminiscing about S.2003, better known as the Due Process Guarantee Act (“DPGA”).
Remember this?
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Speaking of responses to my comments on the New York Times debate, Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch---who participated in the discussion---sends in the following:
Ben seems to find it boring that Huma...
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In his post on Senator Rand Paul's proposal regarding citizens and the NDAA, Bobby highlights a recurring and important question: why is it so hard for ostensibly civil libertarian legislators explicitly...
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Ben notes what appears to be a draft proposal from Senator Rand Paul to amend the NDAA so as to address situations involving American citizens captured inside the United States. While the context sugges...
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A source sent me a copy of this email, apparently from Senator Rand Paul's office last week to Republican Senate legislative directors about a coming amendment by the senator to restrict military detenti...
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As I noted, yesterday the Senate returned, briefly to consideration of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. The rather half-hearted effort (I think that's a fair characterization) ended as was inevitable -- i...
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As I noted yesterday, Senator Reid has announced that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 will return to the floor for consideration sometime before Thanksgiving (possibly as early as tomorrow). According to...