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Is Jordan Attacking ISIS on a New Legal Theory?
In the past few days, in the wake of ISIS's horrific burning of a Jordanian air force pilot, Jordan has adopted a highly combative tone toward the group. It has matched this rhetoric with action: Its a... -
The Administration's Guantanamo Testimony Yesterday
Here it is, given by Brian McKeon, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. And here's the video of yesterday's hearing: -
The Bush Administration Wanted to Close GTMO Because (in Part) of its Propaganda Value to Jihadists
Senator Tom Cotton, whom I like, doesn’t support the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center. As the SASC hearing today he said of the Guantanamo detainees, “every last one of them can rot in hel... -
The Meaningful Legal Differences Between Stateside and Guantánamo Detention
Gabor's post from this morning, which is styled as a response to Ben's thoughtful analysis of what it will take to close Guantánamo (while ignoring some of the other responses), concludes that the only m... -
Why a Sunset Clause is Important in Any New AUMF
The rumors circulating that the administration might in the next week finally present a draft AUMF against the Islamic State causes me to ask: What is the point of a new AUMF? Military operations agains... -
Happening Now: SASC Hearing on GITMO
The Senate Armed Services Committee is currently holding a hearing entitled "Guantanamo Detention Facility and the Future of US Detention Policy. Brian P. McKeon, Nicholas J. Rasmussen, and Rear Admiral ... -
How Not to Close Guantanamo: Bring It Here
Ben asks “What Would it Take to Close Guantanamo?” and he provides a thoughtful response weighted toward the political landscape. But there’s another not-so-merely-philosophical question that underlies h... -
<em>al-Nashiri</em> Argument Preview: The CMCR's Appointments Clause Problem
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Safe Havens Still Matter
Micah Zenko and Amelia M. Wolf, both with the Council on Foreign Relations, have a new piece in Foreign Policy which argues against the “myth” that safe havens allow terrorists a space in which to flouri... -
A Reply to Steve Vladeck and Raha Wala
Both Steve Vladeck and Raha Wala have penned responses to my post of last week complaining of the quality of the "Close Guantanamo" debate. I will react very briefly to each. I am, I confess, not sure h... -
What the Detention Policy Debate Really <em>Is</em> About
Ben bemoans the state our nation’s current debate over Guantanamo as “terrible,” observing that “the arguments about Guantanamo are nearly all wrong, disingenuous, irrelevant, or just plain dumb.” It’s ... -
Thoughts on the Al-Marri Release
In October 2009, Ali Saleh Al-Marri was sentenced to more than eight years in prison under a plea deal the Al Qaeda sleeper agent had struck with federal prosecutors.
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