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More Hedges: If Substantial Support < Material Support...
Per Ben's and Bobby's responses to my post from earlier this week, I think one point needs to be made crystal clear: If Ben and Bobby are correct, then the phrase "substantial support" in the March 13 br... -
More on "Substantial Support", "Material Support," LOAC, and the First Amendment
I'd like to expand on Ben's post below in relation to Hedges and the First Amendment, focusing on the "material support"/"substantial support" issue. (I'm having to write quickly, so please excuse any t... -
Is the NDAA Vague or Overbroad?
The other day, in response to Raha Wala’s comments on Hedges, I promised to address the First Amendment question at the heart of Judge Forrest’s ruling---a promise that seems to have excited David Remes.... -
What <i>Hedges</i> Could Have Said...
Based on the voluminous media and blog coverage of last week's decision in Hedges v. Obama, in which Judge Forrest permanently enjoined at least part of the detention provision of the FY2012 NDAA [sectio... -
David Remes on <em>Hedges</em>
David Remes---who, in addition to representing several Guantanamo detainees, is a member of the plaintiffs' legal team in Hedges v. Obama---sent in this note yesterday: The debate on this blog about Jud... -
More on Matthew Bissonnette
Lawfare reader Col. Fritz Barth USMCR (ret.) writes in with this comment on the SCI nondisclosure obligations of Matthew Bissonnette, author of No Easy Day: There is one additional element of Bissonette'... -
Raha Wala on <em>Hedges</em>---And My Response
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with the following response to my comments on Hedges. My thoughts follow his critique and very-cautious defense of Judge Forrest: Ben’s post on Judge Forrest’s o... -
<i>Hedges</i> and the Feinstein Amendment
I don't have a lot to add to Ben's analysis of Judge Forrest's decision yesterday in Hedges v. -
Initial Thoughts on <em>Hedges</em>
I have now read through Judge Forrest's opinion in Hedges---all 112 pages of it. I have done so only briskly, and I have surely missed things in my haste. But here are some initial thoughts. The opinion... -
Judge Forrest Issues Permanent Injunction in <em>Hedges</em>
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The Government’s Conundrum in Responding to "No Easy Day"
“How the hell can we run sensitive operations here that go after enemies if people are allowed to do that?,” asked Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, on CBS, in response to the revelations about the Bin ... -
Matthew Bissonnette’s Duties Concerning Classified Information
Tom Ricks has an uncharacteristically uninformed post about the No Easy Day kerfuffle, in which he claims that it “would be a bad thing if people came to expect some sort of right of the military to revi...
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