I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology

  1. Thomas Earnest and Ruchi Parekh, UK Surveillance Watchdog Releases Report Endorsing UK Surveillance Programs (Friday, Apr. 11)
  2. Shaheed Fatima, European Court says Data Retention Directive is Invalid (Wednesday, Apr. 9)

II. Detention, Trial, & Treatment

III. International & Foreign Law

  1. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Palestine, the Vatican and Accession to International Treaties: Some Ancillary Thoughts (Friday, Apr. 11)
  2. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin The Earth Moved – Senate Advice and Consent Granted to Fisheries Treaties(Friday, Apr. 11)
  3. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Newsflash – Swiss Depository accepts accession by Palestine to the Geneva Conventions (Thursday, Apr. 10)
  4. Letters to the Editor, Letter to the Editor from former Deputy Legal Adviser to Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (Tuesday, Apr. 8)

IV. Targeted Killing & Drones

  1. Steve Vladeck, The al-Aulaqi Opinion and Fourth Amendment “Seizures” (Monday, Apr. 7)
  2. Marty Lederman, Why the CIA? Why no U.S. acknowledgement? (Sunday, Apr. 6)
  3. Ryan Goodman,  Yemen Banned Pentagon’s Drone Operations after US Struck Wedding Procession (Sunday, Apr. 6)

V. Syria

  1. Andy Wright, Hersh’s Syria Conspiracy Theory: The CIA and Intelligence Oversight Questions (Wednesday, Apr. 9)
  2. Ryan Goodman, Seymour Hersh’s Second Bite at the Apple: The Syrian chemical weapons conspiracy 2.0 (Monday, Apr. 7)

VI. First Amendment, Journalism, & the Media

For recaps from previous weeks, please visit our Recap Archive page.