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The Problematic “Belonging To” Analogy: A Response to Goodman

[Editor’s note: Ryan Goodman replies to Professor Heller in a subsequent post.] In a recent post here at Just Security, Ryan Goodman offered a novel – and characteristically…
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Human Rights Groups Release Investigation Reports into US Targeted Killings: A Guide to the Issues

Today, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) released two detailed studies of US targeted killings in Yemen and Pakistan, putting forward specific evidence of…
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Five Questions We Should All Be Asking About the NSA and the US Targeted Killing Program

The Washington Post’s latest piece on NSA surveillance, based on Edward Snowden’s leaked documents, provides a glimpse into the US government’s highly secretive process for…
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Al-Qaeda, the Law on Associated Forces and “Belonging to” a Party (did the new UN drones reports get it right?)

[Editor’s note: Kevin Jon Heller responds to Ryan in a Guest Post, and Ryan replies in a subsequent post. A Guest Post by UN Special Rapporteur Christof Heyns also addresses…
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United States Report to the UN Human Rights Committee: Lex Specialis and Extraterritoriality

The United States was poised to present its views tomorrow to the Human Rights Committee, which monitors state parties’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil…
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The President’s May 23d NDU Speech in Action: The Broader Significance of the al-Liby and Ikrima Operations [UPDATED Oct. 15]

If reported accounts thus far are accurate, the al-Liby and Ikrima capture operations last weekend are important illustrations of several things that the President and his top…
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The Al-Libi Case Is a Step Forward, Even if Not (Yet) A Paradigm Shift

Jack Goldsmith on the Lawfare blog has an interesting response to Mary DeRosa and Marty Lederman’s take on the implications of the al-Libi and Ikrima operations.  I agree…
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The Libya Raid to Capture Abu Anas al-Liby and The Persistence of Memory of Due Process

Now that Abu Anas al-Liby has been brought to the U.S. and  may be appearing in court as you read this to face criminal charges, it might be tempting to say that all concerns…
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The Government’s Initial Supreme Court Filing on the Section 215 “Telephony Records Program”

On Friday the government filed its brief in opposition to the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s mandamus petition to the Supreme Court, No. 13-58, in which EPIC is challenging…
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Al-Libi: Nine (or Fewer) Days of AUMF Detention

So reports the Associated Press: “U.S. officials say a Libyan terrorist suspect who was held aboard a U.S. warship is now in the United States.” That would mean that…
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The Case of Abu Anas al-Libi: The Domestic Law Issues

It is now well-known that Abu Anas al-Libi was seized in front of his home in Tripoli on Saturday, October 5 and transported to a U.S. ship in the Mediterranean, where he is reportedly…
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The Case of Abu Anas al-Libi: International Law Q & A

On Saturday, October 5, 2013, the US captured terrorist suspect Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (Abu Anas al-Libi) in Tripoli, Libya, and, reportedly, is now interrogating him on a…
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