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News Roundup and Notes: December 19, 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. NSA surveillance ICYMI,…
Updates from Today’s 9/11 Case Hearings Before the Military Commission
Today was the second public session of this week’s pre-trial motion hearings in the 9/11 case before the military commission in Guantanamo Bay. As I am sure many readers…
President’s Review Board Says: Protect Thy Neighbor’s Privacy
[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the Report by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Others in the series…
White House Releases Report by President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies
This afternoon, the White House released the Report and Recommendations of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. We also have a copy…
Judge Pohl’s 9/11 Trial Order on the Convention Against Torture and the Accused’s “Observations and Experiences”
On Monday, Thomas reported that Judge Pohl, in the 9/11 military commissions case (United States v. Mohammed et al.), had reportedly “issued several orders lifting the classifying…
What We Don’t Know About Irek Hamidullan
This Washington Post story reports that “[t]he Obama administration is actively considering the use of a military commission in the United States to try a Russian who was…
Does Klayman Need to Cross-Appeal Judge Leon’s Ruling?
In yesterday’s post, I explained why, in my view, the far more vulnerable aspect of Judge Leon’s Monday ruling issuing a preliminary injunction against the bulk telephony…
Judge Leon and the Shocking Scope of the NSA’s Surveillance Program
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon’s decision on Monday finding that the NSA’s telephony metadata program is likely unconstitutional is a welcome and important recognition…
News Roundup and Notes: December 18, 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. CIA detention and interrogation…
Why the Constitutional Holding in Klayman Wasn’t Necessary
24 hours later, Judge Leon’s 68-page opinion issuing (and then staying) a preliminary injunction against the NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program continues to generate…
Universal Jurisdiction Cases Involving U.S. Defendants
Ruchi Parekh’s recent post on the South African appellate decision on universal jurisdiction suggests that the ruling—which compels the South African authorities to investigate…
The Missing Moral Conscience of U.S. Foreign Policy: Where is the State Department’s Legal Adviser? [Updated]
Later today, the Senate will hold confirmation hearings for Caroline Diane Krass to serve as the CIA’s General Counsel, a position that just recently became vacant. Not letting…