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Remembering Abu Ghraib (1): Torture Everywhere and the Accountability Gap
[This is the first of a two-part post on the tenth anniversary of the Abu Ghraib scandal. I’ve broken it in half for easier reading.] No exceptional circumstances whatsoever,…
Intelligence Community Directive 119 and the First Amendment
As the inestimable Steve Aftergood noted last week over at Secrecy News, the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, has issued a new “Intelligence Community Directive”…
Petition denied in Hedges
The Supreme Court this morning unsurprisingly, and without comment, denied the petition for certiorari in Hedges v. Obama, No. 13-758. The plaintiffs in Hedges challenged the…
New Editors’ Picks Reading List: The Regulation and Risks of Cryptocurrency
We are happy to announce the publication of a new Editors’ Picks reading list on “The Regulation and Risks of Cryptocurrencies.” Compiled by our intern Eli…
Call for Papers: The American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on National Security
We received word from our friend Peter Marguilies of a call for papers that is likely of interest to some Just Security readers, particularly those in legal academy. Here are…
News Roundup and Notes: April 28, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Ukraine As clashes continue…
Recap: A Guide to Recent Posts on Just Security (Apr. 19-Apr.25)
I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Jennifer Granick, Let the Sun Shine In: WaPo Story on the Magistrates’ Revolt (Friday, Apr. 25) II. Detention, Trial, & Treatment…
Ukraine Before the ICC
The International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor has opened a preliminary examination into the situation in Ukraine. As we earlier noted, Ukraine on April 17,…
Let the Sun Shine In: WaPo Story on the Magistrates’ Revolt
Yesterday’s Washington Post has an interesting story about the increasingly aggressive role some federal magistrate judges are playing in policing criminal investigations involving…
Secrets Revealed: The Government’s No Fly List Arguments Aren’t Flying
Last week Judge William Alsup (N.D. Cal.) released the unredacted version of his ruling in the first-ever challenge to the no-fly list to be decided on the merits – a case that…
Standing and Causes of Action in Zivotofsky
As a nerdy follow-on to Bob’s excellent guest post on the Zivotofsky case (which could prove to be the most significant foreign affairs case that the Supreme Court has…
Zivotofsky v. Kerry
The Jerusalem passport case involves an important question of the separation of powers in the conduct of foreign affairs: Is the President’s power to recognize foreign states…