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News Roundup and Notes: August 6, 2014
Starting tomorrow (August 7th), Just Security’s News Roundup will be taking a brief August recess through August 17th. We’ll be back on August 18th, following the brief…
Guest Post: Has Hamas Overplayed Its Lawfare Strategy?
In the current Gaza conflict, the adversaries are employing very different strategies to achieve their operational objectives. Israel is executing a robust military strategy. By…
Myth Busting?: NSA Mass Foreign Surveillance Over 30 Years Ago
NSA surveillance, in the context of post-9/11 counterterrorism, is often characterized by an exceptional technological capacity and strategic commitment to “Collect It All.”…
News Roundup and Notes: August 5, 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. Israel-Palestine A 72-hour…
A Primer on the Laws of War that Apply to the Gaza Conflict
We were about to produce a primer on the law of war framework that governs the ongoing hostilities in Gaza. However, Human Rights Watch has just posted what we think is an excellent…
U.S. Edges Back Toward Landmine Treaty Path
After an agonizing five-year wait, the US announced the initial results of its landmine policy review on June 27, the final day of the Mine Ban Treaty’s Third Review Conference…
News Roundup and Notes: August 4, 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. Israel-Palestine Haaretz reports…
“Techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture”: Redacted CIA report summary now in the hands of the SSCI–What next? [UPDATED]
[UPDATED August 2] The President announced yesterday that the Executive branch has now provided to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence a partially declassified version…
Recap: A Guide to Recent Posts on Just Security (July 25-Aug 1)
I. Detention, Trial & Treatment Marty Lederman, CIA Report Now in the Hands of the SSCI–What next? (Friday, August 1) Steve Vladeck, Deferential D.C. Circuit Court Upholds…
Deferential D.C. Circuit Upholds Genital Searches at Guantánamo
I’ve written before about the potential significance of the Guantánamo “counsel access” case—Hatim v. Obama–which raised the question of whether…
Russian Treaty Violations: A Blast from the Past or an Omen for the Future
On July 28, the New York Times ran a story with the headline “U.S. Says Russia Tested Cruise Missile, Violating Treaty.” Surprisingly, this story about an arms control…
Laying the Groundwork for Syrian War Crimes Trials
The Wall Street Journal’s Jess Bravin and Michael Crittenden have a fascinating report on the Obama administration’s efforts to utilize information provided by a Syrian defector,…