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Recap: A Guide to Recent Posts on Just Security (Dec. 21-Jan 3)
I. Surveillance and Data Collection Thomas Earnest, FISC Approves Application to Renew Telephony Metadata Program (Friday, Jan 3) Thomas Earnest, Reactions to the New York…
Recap of the Week’s Posts on Just Security (Dec 21-27)
I. Content Happy Holidays from Just Security (Tuesday, Dec. 24) II. Surveillance and Data Collection Ryan Goodman, Mini Forum on President’s Review Group on Intelligence and…
Happy Holidays from Just Security
For the upcoming holidays, Just Security will be on an abbreviated schedule including the remainder of this week and the first half of next. We will have continued but reduced…
Recap of the Week’s Posts on Just Security (Dec 14-20)
I. Surveillance and Data Collection Shaheed Fatima, Privacy and Data Collection/Retention in the EU: Villalón Opinion (Monday, Dec. 16) Steve Vladeck, Judge Leon Enjoins Bulk…
Senate Passes the NDAA
Late this evening, the Senate passed by a vote of 84-15 the compromise NDAA legislation that the House approved last week; it should be sent to the President for his signature…
Judge Pohl’s 9/11 Trial Order on the Convention Against Torture and the Accused’s “Observations and Experiences”
On Monday, Thomas reported that Judge Pohl, in the 9/11 military commissions case (United States v. Mohammed et al.), had reportedly “issued several orders lifting the classifying…
Judge Leon Enjoins Bulk Metadata Program; Stays Ruling Pending Appeal
Things just got interesting here in D.C. In a ruling issued earlier today, Judge Richard Leon has held that Larry Klayman and Charles Strange have standing to challenge the bulk…
Recap of the Week’s Posts on Just Security (Dec 7-13)
I. Surveillance and Data Collection Thomas Earnest, [UPDATE] Tomorrow: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Continued Oversight of U.S. Government Surveillance Authorities”…
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…
Recap of the Week’s Posts on Just Security (Nov 30-Dec 6)
I. Nelson Mandela Harold Hongju Koh, Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013 (Friday, Dec. 6) II. Surveillance and Data Collection Alan Butler and Amie Stepanovich, Guest Post: Square Peg,…
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
Amid the blizzard of media commentary, it is still important that we remember here the contributions that Nelson Mandela made to the concept of a “just security.” I…
Update to Early Edition
For those of you who subscribe to our Early Edition by email, you may have noticed this week that we’ve redesigned our morning email. Thanks to helpful reader feedback, we…