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US National Security Council Announces Sanctions against Uganda for Anti-LGBT Law
National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden has announced sanctions on Uganda in response to its Anti-Homosexuality Act, which was signed into law in February this year.…
News Roundup and Notes: June 20, 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. Iraq Islamist-led militants…
Lane v. Franks and the First Amendment Rights of National Security Leakers
At various points in the past, I’ve suggested that, read broadly, the Supreme Court’s 2006 decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos could sound the death knell for First…
President Obama Delivers a Statement on the Situation in Iraq
Earlier President Obama delivered a statement on the situation in Iraq in the Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House. Below is a replay of his remarks as well as the transcript.…
The President Has No Congressional Authorization to Use Force against ISIS in Iraq
Earlier this week, Jen Daskal, Steve Vladeck and I wrote a post explaining why the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq clearly does not apply to ISIS in Iraq…
The Legal Basis for the Abu Khattalah Capture
The capture of Ahmed Abu Khattalah was performed by a joint group of FBI agents and U.S. Special Operations forces. A New York Times story reported an official as saying that…
News Roundup and Notes: June 19, 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. Iraq The Independent (Patrick…
Recommended Afternoon Reading
Here are a few recommended good reads to add to your afternoon reading list: Yesterday on the tenth anniversary of the first drone strike in Pakistan, The Bureau of Investigative…
A Few Good Afternoon Reads
This afternoon, we bring you a few choice reads from across the blogosphere and other online media outlets: On Opinio Juris, Deborah Pearlstein adds to the debate regarding…
10 Years of Drone Strikes in Pakistan–but do you know whether it’s an “area of active hostilities”?
Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the first reported US drone strike in Pakistan (punctuated by another one today). Yet there is still official silence about a crucial…
News Roundup and Notes: June 18, 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. U.S. captures Ahmed Abu…
Meshal: The Last, Best Hope for National Security Bivens Claims?
Last Friday, Judge Sullivan (D.D.C.) dismissed Meshal v. Higgenbotham, a long-outstanding Bivens suit brought by a U.S. citizen who alleged that, while travelling in the Horn…