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NDAA Redux – Provision on Lethal Targeting
In a post last night, I noted the key Guantanamo-related provisions in the latest version of the 2014 NDAA. It’s also worth highlighting the inclusion of another provision…
The Potential Pitfalls of Refusing to Reopen the Article III Door for Guantanamo Detainees
The version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014 (2014 NDAA) reported out by the Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) would have eliminated the existing bar on…
News Roundup and Notes: December 11, 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. NDAA Congress has now…
Progress on the 2014 NDAA — A Guantanamo Victory
Congress has now released its compromise version of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act reconciling the House and Senate bills into a revised version that is slated to…
Preview — Hassan v. UK
Tomorrow (December 11, 2013) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) will hear the case of Hassan v. United Kingdom (Application No. 29750/09). The…
Tomorrow: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Continued Oversight of U.S. Government Surveillance Authorities” [UPDATED]
[UPDATE: This post has been updated with links to the written statements of each panelists and a link to a video replay of the full hearing.] Tomorrow at 2:00p.m., Just Security…
Dissecting Seymour Hersh’s Account of the Sarin Attacks on Ghouta
I greatly admire Seymour Hersh’s investigative journalism, especially his revelations of the My Lai massacre and Abu Ghraib. If he were judged by those works alone, we should…
Reply to Charlie Dunlap on Sexual Assault Reform Proposals
In this post, I offer this reply to Charlie Dunlap’s post (the “Post”), as well as his underlying essay (the “Essay”), in which he provides full-throated opposition to…
News Roundup and Notes: December 10, 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. NDAA Yesterday, leaders…
“This One Goes To Eleven”: The ICC and the Security Council
The unprecedented rejection by Saudi Arabia of its elected seat on the Security Council in October, 2013, ostensibly in protest of the Council’s perceived failures in the Middle…
Excerpts of Interview with Seymour Hersh
In a video interview with Amy Goodman (no relation) aired today on Democracy Now!, Sy Hersh elaborates on his story published in the London Review of Book (LRB). Below are some…
Top Ten Reasons Sen. Gillibrand’s Bill is the Wrong Solution to Military Sexual Assault
[Editor’s Note: Today’s Guest Post from Gen. Dunlap is, in part, a response to an earlier post from Andy Wright on the current congressional reform proposals addressing…