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Former Chief of British Secret Intelligence: Stop Viewing the ISIS Threat Through 9/11 Eyes

On Monday, former chief of British Secret Intelligence Service, Sir Richard Dearlove gave an insightful and provocative lecture entitled, “Terrorism and National Security: Proportion…
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Endless War is the Wrong Response to ISIS

“Obama’s Blueprint for Fighting Terrorism Collides with Reality in Iraq,” blared the New York Times headline late last week, in a story that set forth the challenges of the…
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The Stakes of al-Bahlul, Nine Months Later…

This past Monday marked nine months since the en banc oral argument in al-Bahlul v. United States, in which the D.C. Circuit is considering whether military commissions at Guantánamo…
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Fifth Circuit on Extraterritorial Application of Fourth and Fifth Amendments

On the heels of this morning’s Fourth Circuit decision in the Abu Ghraib case comes another significant circuit-level decision–this one from the Fifth Circuit. The…
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A Rejoinder to Jeff Kahn on Latif and Fundamental Rights

In Jeff Kahn’s response today to my post last week about American citizens’ right not to be stranded abroad by their government, Jeff asks more about my views: “Is international…
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A Reply to Margo Schlanger on Latif and Fundamental Rights

Margo Schlanger’s post on Thursday takes as its “vital point” the right of an American citizen to reenter the United States. Margo is responding to Tuesday’s news about…
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Fourth Circuit Holds Abu Ghraib Torture Claims Not Barred by Kiobel

Although it will likely be overtaken by the news set to come out of the Supreme Court later this morning, the Fourth Circuit has handed down a very big decision in the ongoing…
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Abu Khattalah and the Evolution of Ship-Based Detention

The N.Y. Times reports that Ahmed Abu Khattalah arrived in Washington, D.C., this morning by helicopter following his transport across the Atlantic on a Navy warship.  Khattalah,…
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The Supreme Court Goes to War:
Hamdi, Padilla, and Rasul at 10

Ten years ago tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its first three decisions in post-September 11 terrorism cases: Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld v. Padilla, and Rasul v.…
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Two Major ISIS Developments

On the heels of last week’s White House announcement that the President was sending 275 U.S. troops to Iraq to provide security to U.S. personnel and the U.S. Embassy, today…
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The Bigger No Fly List Problem

Yesterday, Judge Anna Brown issued her much-anticipated opinion in Latif v. Holder, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. As Jennifer Daskal explained in her excellent…
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The Latest No Fly List Ruling: A Very Big Deal!

As Steve has already noted, the District Court of Oregon yesterday, in Latif v. Holder, issued a “Very Big Deal” opinion ruling that the No Fly List redress procedures violated…
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