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Second Circuit Orders Release of Redacted OLC Aulaqi Memo

A big morning for courts and national security… next up is this immensely significant decision from the Second Circuit in New York Times v. Department of Justice, which,…

Apr. 21, 2014 Steve Vladeck

Justice Breyer’s Concurrence in Hussain

As Marty predicted back in March, the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari this morning in the latest Guantánamo case to reach the Court–Hussain v. Obama–came…

Apr. 21, 2014 Steve Vladeck

Weak Tea: Seymour Hersh Elaborates His Views on Why to Trust Russian Spies

If you have been following the response to Sy Hersh’s claims that rebels—and not Assad’s forces—used chemical weapons in the fateful attacks on civilians in Syria in August…

Apr. 17, 2014 Ryan Goodman

In al Nashiri, Judge Pohl orders disclosure of details of CIA’s “black sites” to the defense

To say it has been an eventful week for the military commissions in Guantanamo might be an understatement. As Ruchi has covered each morning this week in the Early Edition, the…

Apr. 17, 2014 Thomas Earnest

Letter to the Editor from former U.S. Army JAG replying to Ryan Goodman on recent amends legislation

As a former judge advocate of the U.S. Army who served as a claims officer in Iraq for 14 months, I strongly support the new statute that allows for payments to be offered to civilian…

Apr. 16, 2014 Letters to the Editor

New study may explode some myths about drones (and may create new ones)

The CNA Corporation, a non-profit research and analysis organization which runs the Center for Naval Analyses, recently published an important report by Larry Lewis, entitled Drone…

Apr. 15, 2014 Ryan Goodman

New Statute Provides Amends to Foreign Civilians Killed by the United States – but only if they’re “friendly”

Earlier this month, Just Security published a guest post by Sahr Muhammedally outlining a new congressional statute whereby the Defense Department can now move ahead in establishing…

Apr. 14, 2014 Ryan Goodman

Palestine, the Vatican and Accession to International Treaties: Some Ancillary Thoughts

The application to accede to multiple international treaties and international organizations made by President Mahmoud Abbas on April 1st (see full list) has proceeded with…

Apr. 11, 2014 Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons)

The al-Aulaqi Opinion and Fourth Amendment “Seizures”

Friday’s decision by Judge Collyer, in which she dismissed Bivens claims brought by the families of Anwar al-Aulaqi, his son Abdulrahman, and Samir Khan (arising out of their…

Apr. 7, 2014 Steve Vladeck

Seymour Hersh’s Second Bite at the Apple: The Syrian chemical weapons conspiracy 2.0

In December 2013, Seymour Hersh published a potential bombshell story entitled, “Whose sarin?” The story purported to show that the White House knew it had insufficient evidence…

Apr. 7, 2014 Ryan Goodman

Why the CIA? Why no U.S. acknowledgement?

Just to follow up on Ryan’s post: Mark Mazzetti’s story for the Times, assuming it is accurate, confirms what I tried to explain in a post a few weeks ago —…

Apr. 6, 2014 Marty Lederman

Yemen Banned Pentagon’s Drone Operations after US Struck Wedding Procession

In Sunday’s New York Times, a must-read story by Mark Mazzetti chronicles a wide range of issues involving the CIA and counterterrorism programs. A news development that might…

Apr. 6, 2014 Ryan Goodman

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