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Recap of the Week’s Posts on Just Security (Sept. 23-27)

I. Surveillance and Data Collection Jennifer Granick, Debate: Metadata and the Fourth Amendment (Monday, Sept. 23) Orin Kerr, Debate: Metadata and the Fourth Amendment – A Reply…
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Debate (Round 2): Metadata and the Fourth Amendment – A Response

This post is one in a series of posts from Just Security‘s Jennifer Granick and Guest Author Orin Kerr debating the constitutionality of the NSA’s telephony metadata…
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Debate (Round 2): Metadata and the Fourth Amendment

This post is one in a series of posts from Just Security‘s Jennifer Granick and Guest Author Orin Kerr debating the constitutionality of the NSA’s telephony metadata…
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The Other, Lurking Constitutional Question in al-Bahlul

I would add only one thing to Jen’s thorough summary of the al-Bahlul argument next Monday, about something she references at the very end of her post:  Besides ex post…
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Are the Press Reports of the Security Council’s Draft Syria Resolution Accurate? How weak or strong is it?

After weeks of diplomatic wrangling, the permanent members of the Security Council emerged last night with a compromise draft resolution on chemical weapons in Syria. The key part…
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News Roundup: September 27, 2013

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 Security Council Resolution…
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Preview — Al Bahlul in the D.C. Circuit: The Fate of Military Commissions at Guantánamo

On Monday, September 30, the D.C. Circuit, sitting en banc, will hear argument in al Bahlul v. United States – a case definitely worth watching.  The immediate question is whether…
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Charles Taylor Verdict Today: New Standard of Liability for Aid to Rebel Forces?

The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today unanimously upheld the conviction and 50-year sentence of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for aiding…
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Why David Miranda’s Case Is Harder Than It Looks

The detention of David Miranda, the partner of Guardian newspaper journalist Glenn Greenwald, has sparked widespread controversy and international press coverage (including the…
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Resolving Cyber-Related Ambiguities in the Law of War: A Reaction to Jensen

Many thanks to Eric Jensen for his excellent post on cyber issues, the use of force, and international law. The increasing number and sophistication of cyber attacks threatening…
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Unprivileged Does Not Mean Prohibited

In his latest post, Ryan takes issue with those who argue that it would violate international law for a state civilian agency, such as the CIA, to use force in an armed conflict. …
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Resolving Cyber Issues Sets the State for Future Weapons

[A note from Ryan Goodman: On Monday, Professor Michael Schmitt helped launch Just Security with a Guest Post on the law of cyber conflict. Professor Eric Talbot Jensen accepted…
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