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SSCI Hearing on Current and Projected National Security Threats Against the United States
Happening now, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is holding an open hearing on “Current and Projected National Security Threats Against the United States.”…
News Roundup and Notes: January 29, 2014
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U.S. Operations Against al-Shabaab/al-Qaeda: The Targeting of Godane
As Sarah Knuckey’s post explains, CNN is reporting that the latest US drone strike in Somalia targeted Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of Al-Shabaab. Sarah asks whether the strike…
What rules is the US applying to its Somalia drone strikes?
CNN today provided the most detailed account yet of the latest U.S. drone strike, carried out this past weekend in Somalia. US officials (quoted anonymously by CNN) said the…
OSCE Launches New “Human Rights in Counter-Terrorism Investigations” Manual
Recently, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a new practical manual for…
First “Public” PRB Hearing Raises More Questions Than it Answers
As expected, today’s Periodic Review Board hearing, the first so-called “public” one of these events, was completely uneventful. In the case of Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel…
Security, Uncertainty, and the National Security Administration: The President Should Defend, Not Revise, Current NSA Procedures
The question of national security and its relationship to individual privacy has always provoked a challenge for persons with strong libertarian inclinations, who rightly embrace…
News Roundup and Notes: January 28, 2014
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Just Security Readers Survey — Your Feedback Needed!
Last week (January 23) marked the four-month anniversary of Just Security‘s launch. Over our first few months, one of our greatest joys is having the opportunity to engage…
Quasi-public Guantanamo Detainee Hearings Start Tomorrow
On Tuesday morning, select members of the media and human rights groups will, for the first time, be allowed to observe a portion of a Periodic Review Board hearing for a detainee…
Counterterrorism Under the Radar: A Notable No Fly List Case and its Broader Implications
Amidst all the discussion of the President’s speech on surveillance (and the PCLOB Report on the same subject), the release of Robert Gates’ memoir, and the discovery of horrific…
News Roundup and Notes: January 27, 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. Syria The Associated Press…