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NDAA Passes House, Senate Expected to Vote Next Week

As Ruchi included in the news roundup this morning, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the House last night by a vote of 350-69.   In case you missed it earlier…
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The Unexceptional Nature of the South African Universal Jurisdiction Law

In the wake of the moving funeral of Nelson Mandela, we have reported on the recent ruling of the South African Supreme Court of Appeal mandating that the National Prosecution…
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Drones Strikes Kill 18 in Yemen This Week — More Transparency is Needed

The alleged US drone strike that reportedly killed up to 15 people on their way to a wedding in Yemen on Thursday is just one more reason why the Obama administration has to start…
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Some Criticisms of Obama’s Drones and Targeting Rules are Baseless

There are many valid criticisms of the Obama administration’s drone policy and related targeting rules. We have made some of those ourselves (here and here). There are also…
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NDAA Redux – Provision on Lethal Targeting

In a post last night, I noted the key Guantanamo-related provisions in the latest version of the 2014 NDAA.   It’s also worth highlighting the inclusion of another provision…
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The Potential Pitfalls of Refusing to Reopen the Article III Door for Guantanamo Detainees

The version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014 (2014 NDAA) reported out by the Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) would have eliminated the existing bar on…
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Progress on the 2014 NDAA — A Guantanamo Victory

Congress has now released its compromise version of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act reconciling the House and Senate bills into a revised version that is slated to…
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Preview — Hassan v. UK

Tomorrow (December 11, 2013) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) will hear the case of Hassan v. United Kingdom (Application No. 29750/09). The…
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Dissecting Seymour Hersh’s Account of the Sarin Attacks on Ghouta

I greatly admire Seymour Hersh’s investigative journalism, especially his revelations of the My Lai massacre and Abu Ghraib. If he were judged by those works alone, we should…
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“This One Goes To Eleven”: The ICC and the Security Council

The unprecedented rejection by Saudi Arabia of its elected seat on the Security Council in October, 2013, ostensibly in protest of the Council’s perceived failures in the Middle…
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Excerpts of Interview with Seymour Hersh

In a video interview with Amy Goodman (no relation) aired today on Democracy Now!, Sy Hersh elaborates on his story published in the London Review of Book (LRB). Below are some…
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“Tweet Roll”: Twitter Reacts to Seymour Hersh Article on Sarin Attack in Syria

As Ruchi Parekh reported in this morning’s Daily News Roundup, Seymour Hersh has published a provocative and important piece in the London Review of Books, in which he…
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