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National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, August 3–7
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. The House is out of session for most of August with many members doing work in their…
President Obama’s Military Commissions
This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
Judge Lamberth decides Warafi
As Jen noted, Judge Lamberth today denied Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi’s renewed habeas petition challenging his continued military detention at Guantánamo. As I have previously explained,…
The Government’s Overstated Rehearing Petition in al Bahlul
I wasn’t originally planning to blog about the petition for rehearing en banc filed by the government on Monday in al Bahlul v. United States, challenging the three-judge…
Legislative Cyber Threats: CISA’s Not The Only One
If anyone in the United States Senate had any doubts that the proposed Cyber Information Sharing Act (CISA) was universally hated by a range of civil society groups, a literal…
US Government Petitions for Rehearing En Banc (Again) in Al Bahlul
The petition is available here. This is not a terribly surprising development. But as I wrote after the panel decision, it’s also not likely to succeed, given the composition…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, July 27–31
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Tuesday, July 28, 2015 10:00am – House Energy and Commerce – Subcommittee on Oversight…
The Declining Half-Life of Secrets
Image credit: US Government via Wikimedia Commons The following post is a preview of a new paper from New America’s Cybersecurity Initiative, where the author is a fellow.…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, July 20–24
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Tuesday, July 21, 2015 9:30am – Senate Armed Services – Nomination: Gen. Mark A. Milley…
CIA and OLC Must Release More “Secret” Documents on Aulaqi Drone Strike
On Thursday, a federal district court in New York issued its latest ruling in the ACLU’s long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation seeking the legal and factual…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, July 13–17
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Tuesday, July 14, 2015 9:30am – Senate Armed Services – Nominations: Gen. Paul J.…
It’s Time to End the “Debate” on Encryption Backdoors
Yesterday, on Lawfare, FBI Director James Comey laid out his concern that the growing adoption of strong encryption technologies will frustrate law enforcement’s ability to conduct…