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We’ve Been Here Before: Sticks Don’t Work Well with Pakistan
A Pakistani Army soldier stands near an artillery gun used against pro-Taliban militants while on base at Kabal in the Swat valley of northwestern Pakistan. (John Moore/Getty Images)…
The UN Security Council, Global Watch Lists, Biometrics, and the Threat to the Rule of Law
Members of the United Nations Security Council meet at U.N. headquarters, April 5, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) While much of the world was not paying attention,…
Recent Israeli Strikes on Syria and the Prohibition on the Unilateral Use of Force
An Israeli F-16 jet takes off on December 9, 2014 at the Ovda airbase in the Negev Desert near Eilat, southern Israel. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) On Tuesday, January 9, Israel…
Exclusive: New Evidence of Loopholes in Facebook’s Regulation of Terrorism Content
The world’s giant social media companies, including Facebook, will appear before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday for hearings titled, “Terrorism and Social Media:…
Special Edition Podcast: Andy Wright on His Experiences with Rep. Darrell Issa as a Government Lawyer
Then-Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa at a House Oversight Committee hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012 assaults that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans…
A Checklist for Protecting Our Elections from Foreign Meddling
Vice President and General Counsel for Facebook Colin Stretch, General Counsel for Twitter Sean Edgett, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Google Kent Walker at…
Special Edition Podcast: Liza Goitein on Section 702’s Reauthorization
Amidst the noise today generated by President Donald Trump’s contradictory and inaccurate tweets about Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act this morning and his awful-yet-predictable…
Unhappy 16th Anniversary, Guantanamo Bay
It’s hard to believe, but here we are marking yet another anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. It’s not a happy one. Hidden and inaccessible as they are on…
Today’s Mass Guantanamo Habeas Petition and the Ongoing Human Cost of America’s “Battle Lab”
Today, the Guantanamo prison enters its 17th year. 41 Muslim men still languish there, trapped in an ever-present reminder of their captors’ official experiment with torture.…
Trump Administration Notches a Serious Human Rights Win. No, really.
In meetings I’ve had over the past year with the well-meaning and generally beleaguered Trump administration officials responsible for aspects of the government’s human rights…
Customs and Border Protection’s New Policy for Searching Devices Offers Thin Protection
Ronald D. Vitiello, Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Thomas Homan, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of Immigration and…
The Steele Dossier in 2018: Everyone’s Favorite Weapon
The so-called Steele dossier has become a political and cultural weapon. For many of us, it is either a salacious outline of heinous presidential crimes or a complete fabrication…