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News Roundup and Notes: May 29, 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. President’s West Point…
Alternative Jurisdictional Bases for a Hybrid Tribunal for Syria
As we have discussed, one option under consideration to address the commission of grave international crimes during the conflict in Syria is the creation of a hybrid tribunal within…
FAA Section 702 developments
Back in February, I posted about the first brief on the merits challenging the constitutionality of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, in the criminal case against…
Flashback: Comparing Obama’s announcement of Iraq withdrawal to West Point Graduating Class of 2010 (video clip)
Today is not the first time President Obama has addressed the graduating class of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and used the opportunity to speak about his vision for…
A Mixed Chamber for Syria: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
As we have discussed in a prior post and in the press, the international community must think creatively about how to build an accountability mechanism for Syria that does not—at…
News Roundup and Notes: May 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. Afghanistan As covered by…
President Obama on Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Afghanistan
Today, in remarks delivered from the Rose Garden on the eve of his highly anticipated West Point commencement speech, President Obama outlined his plan to end the war in Afghanistan,…
UN Torture Committee seeks further answers from Lithuania on involvement in CIA detention and rendition
Last week, the UN Committee against Torture adopted its Concluding Observations [full text] on Lithuania’s third periodic report on its compliance with the Convention against…
Targeting Transparency: A Call for DoD to Automatically Release Investigations of Civilian Casualties in Armed Conflict
There has been much discussion on the lack of demonstrable government follow through after President Obama’s 2013 claims of increased transparency of US lethal targeting of suspected…
Major development concerning transparency of the use of force in Yemen
“I think the rule should be that if we’re going to take actions overseas that result in the deaths of people, the United States should take responsibility for that.”…
News Roundup and Notes: May 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. Surveillance, Privacy, &…
Declassification of the CIA interrogation program: Developments on three fronts
Last month I published a post setting forth the state of play regarding the declassification and disclosure of the executive summary, and findings and conclusions, of the Senate…