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Thanksgiving at Just Security
Wild turkeys at the Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama. Image credit: US Department of the Interior In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, Just Security will be on…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (November 14–20)
I. Paris Attacks & the Islamic State Steve Vladeck, 11/13/15 (Monday, November 16) Anthony Dworkin, Guest Post: France Maps out Its War Against the Islamic State (Thursday,…
United States Intervention at the Meeting of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties
The International Criminal Court’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) is meeting this week in The Hague — its 14th session. On the agenda (and here) are a number of issues,…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (November 7–13)
I. Secret Law & Executive Transparency Elizabeth Goitein, Guest Post: Secret Law Isn’t the Public’s Fault (Monday, November 9) Brett Max Kaufman, Guest Post: Lawyering…
Veterans Day
Members of the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” displaying their Croix de Guerre in 1919, awarded for gallantry in action during World War I. Image…
Nasser Hussain
I’ve been lucky in my life to have had wonderful teachers–the kind who know which buttons to push to get the most out of you, all the while seeing things in you that…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (October 31–November 6)
I. Power Wars Symposium Oona Hathaway, The Savage Effect (Monday, November 2) Marty Lederman, Further on the Law of the Bin Laden Operation, Part I (Tuesday, November 3) Marty…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (October 24–30)
I. Drones & Targeted Killings Just Security, Video: Obama’s Drone Legacy, A Conversation With Scott Shane (Tuesday, October 27) Steven J. Barela, Guest Post: The Imperative…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (October 17–23)
I. Classified Information & Transparency Jameel Jaffer, Drone Disclosures, Official and Not (Monday, October 19) Marty Lederman, Bart Gellman at Purdue: Is It Lawful to…
[corrected] GTMO provisions are one of three reasons for the President’s NDAA veto today
Here’s the pertinent part of the veto statement: I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 1735, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.”…
Bart Gellman at Purdue: Is it lawful to discuss and display the Snowden documents in universities?
Four weeks ago, Bart Gellman of the Century Foundation delivered a keynote address at Purdue University’s “Dawn or Doom?” colloquium. His topic was “The…
The Ba Odah hearing before Judge Hogan
Judge Hogan heard arguments last Thursday in the case of Tariq Ali Abdullah Ba Odah, a Guantánamo detainee who has been on a hunger strike for eight years, during which time…