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The White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
Last week, the White House convened a summit on countering violent extremism. The summit took place over three days and featured remarks by Obama administration officials, global leaders, law enforcement... -
Chief Prosecutor Statement on This Week's Hearing in the al Nashiri Case
Per our usual practice, Lawfare will be posting digests of the Al Nashiri military commission proceedings---which resume today at noon---throughout the week. First up is the statement by Brig. Gen. -
Oral Argument Recap: Tsarnaev Mandamus Litigation
For roughly 60 minutes yesterday morning, a three-judge panel of the First Circuit heard arguments as to whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death penalty trial should be moved out of Boston due to concerns that... -
Status of Various Executive Branch Agencies' Guidelines Regarding U.S. Person Information
From the website of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB): this helpful table, which was assembled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and released today. It describe... -
Presidential Power and Enjoining the Obama Immigration Plan
Monday’s district court decision enjoining President Obama’s immigration plan, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA), was a strong rebuke of presidential overreaching, although it was framed as... -
Shutting Down DHS – A Realistic Appraisal
The press and the political junkies are all wrapped up in a discussion of the coming show down over the shut down of the Department of Homeland Security. The isn’t really about homeland security, of cour... -
The Equation Group's Sophisticated Hacking and Exploitation Tools
This week, Kaspersky Labs published detailed information on what it calls the Equation Group -- almost certainly the NSA -- and its abilities to embed spyware deep inside computers, gaining pretty much t... -
Two Reflections on the White House Cybersecurity Summit
As many know, the White House held a summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection at Stanford University today. In addition to President Obama, a number of CEOs also spoke on privacy and security iss... -
Statement of GTMO Special Envoy at Yesterday's HASC hearing on Guantanamo Bay
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations received an "Update on Detainee Transfers from GTMO." You can read the testimony of the Department of De... -
On Judge O'Toole's Stubborn Reluctance To Moving the Boston Bomber Trial
Jury selection in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has dragged on for over a month. Since January 5, over 150 potential jurors have been questioned, and still the judge proc... -
Argument Recap: The Critical Difference in How al-Nashiri Loses
If one thing was clear from Tuesday morning's 61-minute argument before the D.C. -
Why We Shouldn’t Import Guantánamo: A Holistic Perspective
It is with great reluctance that I wade into Gabor and Steve’s debate about how to close the U.S.
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