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Let me start with a recap of the day's dramatic events.
The Morsi regime continues to face devastating pressure. The Muslim Brotherhood's offices in Cairo were burned last night and this morning, and th...
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It's almost midnight here in Cairo, and Tahrir Square is full---again---as are the streets outside the presidential palace and a place called Rabaa el Adaweyah Square. The latter is full of Muslim Brothe...
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Raffaela has already posted on both the House of Representatives's and the Senate's versions of this year's NDAA--highlighting their differences with regards to Guantanamo detentions and transfers.
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Listen to Alan Liotta, a senior Defense Department official who focuses on the United States' detention policies worldwide on, unsurprisingly enough, the present and future of U.S.
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Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2014.
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The following is a guest post from Jeff Powell, a Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law. He twice served in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, as Deputy Assistant Attorney Gen...
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As the Supreme Court's October 2012 Term enters its climactic closing week, I've been thinking a lot about the most important national security decision of the Term--the 5-4 February 26 decision in <
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There is a subtle connection between the unfolding NSA metadata controversy and the controversy that has long plagued the administration's position on drone strikes, involving the impact of transparency ...
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The Miami Herald has obtained under the Freedom of Information Act the list of dispositions for Guantanamo detainees from the Obama administration's Guantanamo task force.
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Last week I noted that Ayman al Zawahiri, head of AQ, issued a statement directing that AQI and al Nusrah remain separate entities within the AQ system, and I pointed out various questions this raised fr...