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Jack is very generous to Glenn Greenwald in his post earlier today, in which he notes areas where he agrees with what he terms Greenwald's "skeptical takedown of the factual basis for the attacks on the ...
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It's not.
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Glenn Greenwald has a skeptical takedown of the factual basis for the attacks on the Khorasan Group (KG) in Syria, and the American Press’s complicity, based on anonymous USG sources, in spreading war-mo...
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Diane Webber, a British lawyer who recently did a lengthy study of detention law in a variety of countries, writes in with the following account of the European Court of Human Rights decision earlier thi...
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The Guardian reports that USG bombing of Jabhat al-Nusra, the al Qaeda group (or AQ-affiliated group) in Syria that has been at odds with the Islamic State for a year or so:
Air strikes continued to targ...
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Editor’s Note: The recent killing of Al Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane is only one of the most recent U.S. attempts to disrupt Al Qaeda and associated movements by targeting their leaders. Although the...
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Featuring Cully Stimson, Bobby Chesney, Steve Vladeck, and Steve Bradbury. Here's the video:
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[Cross-posted at Just Security]
As is now well-known, the United States last night hit approximately 25 targets inside Syria, some of which were directed at ISIL, and some at a group that has only rec...
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The newest installment in the Transatlantic Dialogue series is now posted at ICRC's Intercross blog. It is from Professor Guglielmo Verdirame, and it addresses the larger implications of IHRL's expansion...
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The Chinese Communist Party ("CCP"), already infamous for its deep censorship of internet in the People’s Republic, seems to be squeezing the web’s net even tighter.
Since coming to power, President Xi ...
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Based on comments from senior Obama administration officials who spoke on “the condition of anonymity,” Charlie Savage reports the Obama administration’s legal theory for the use of force against the Isl...
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Over at Newsweek, Jeff Stein wonders: "What Will U.S. Forces Do With ISIS Prisoners?"
Among the many unresolved issues in the campaign to “degrade and destroy” ISIS, as it’s generally known, is what to ...