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News Roundup and Notes: June 10, 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. Afghanistan The International…
Interpretation and Retaliation in the Obama Administration
Caitlin Hayden’s statement last week on “why it was lawful” to exchange five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo for Sergeant Bergdahl, “notwithstanding the notice requirement…
Sgt. Bergdahl and the High Priority to Recover Missing Soldiers
So far as I can tell, the issue of whether Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was a deserter is an issue that has very little relevance to any question of the legality or wisdom of the US…
News Roundup and Notes: June 9, 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. American prisoner exchange…
Recap: A Guide to Recent Posts on Just Security (May 31 – June 6)
I. The Bergdahl Prisoner Exchange Marty Lederman, The Bergdahl Exchange [including Fifth Update] (Tuesday, June 3) Marty Lederman, The Administration’s explanation for why it…
Could Desertion in Afghanistan Be a Capital Offense?
As the debate over last weekend’s prisoner exchange continues, one of the darker memes to emerge is the suggestion that Sergeant Bergdahl could/should be court-martialed…
Eugene Fidell on Defection, Desertion, AWOL—and Whether to Prosecute
One of the clearest thinkers on US military justice and procedure is Eugene Fidell. And one of my favorite interviewers is Robin Young on WBUR’s Here and Now. The two recently…
Statelessness update: the UK Government makes concession to citizenship-stripping proposals
Just Security has been covering citizenship-stripping proposals on both sides of the Atlantic. In an earlier post, I wrote about the UK Government’s citizen-stripping proposal…
News Roundup and Notes: June 6, 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. American prisoner exchange…
SSCI Holds Hearing on USA FREEDOM Act
Happening now the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) is holding an open hearing on the House passed USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361). For previous reaction to the House…
What’s Wrong with a Categorical Ban on Transfers from GITMO to Yemen
As Marty notes, the Senate Armed Services Committee recently approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2015. (This will now go to the full Senate…
The competing 2015 NDAA bills–A sign of hope for closing GTMO
On May 22, the House approved its version of the 2015 Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 325-98. This Monday, Senator Levin introduced the version of the 2015 NDAA recently…