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The Early Edition: May 9, 2018
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad.…
More Questions for Gina Haspel—The Record of False CIA Claims about Torture’s “Efficacy”
Recently Katherine Hawkins published a comprehensive set of questions that Gina Haspel, nominee to head the CIA, should be asked during her confirmation hearings (“What the…
Gina Haspel and the Elusive Shadow of CIA Torture: A Response to Ben Wittes
"At Lawfare, Ben Wittes has a long post up titled 'Why I Support Gina Haspel—Despite a Big Reservation.' ... But the core of Ben's post is based on a point on which he and I…
Just Security Podcast: Mike Breen on the US Abandoning the Iran Nuclear Deal
President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room at the White House May 8, 2018. (Photo by Chip…
When Claims of “Fake News” Hide Ethnic Cleansing
References to “illegal Muslim immigrants,” accusations of “fake news,” leaders manipulating the threat of terrorism. Where does this take place? It isn’t Donald Trump’s…
Two (Premature) Cheers for Doe v. Mattis
By any account, yesterday’s (still-classified) D.C. Circuit ruling in Doe v. Mattis, in which a divided panel appears to have affirmed the district court’s injunction…
In Defense of Sovereignty in Cyberspace
This article is the latest in our Fog of Law series that examines the gray zones in international law and conflict that can be exploited by states. The series comes in advance…
The Future of the US Military Commissions: Legal and Policy Issues
The American Bar Association releases significant new report on fate of military commissions at Guantanamo. Judge Jamie Baker and Laura Dickinson served on the Committee and highlight…
The Early Edition: May 8, 2018
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad.…
US – Pakistan Relations: A Marriage of Inconvenience
This article is the latest in a series we are producing in partnership Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute that features the voices of experts and advocates from…
The Haspel Nomination as a Referendum on (Un-)Accountability
One of the consistent themes of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence over the past few decades has been aggressive hostility to “judge-made” remedies, i.e., the…
UPDATE: Mapping States’ Reactions to the Syria Strikes of April 2018
Fifty percent more states are added to this database on global reactions to the US, UK, France strikes on Syria last month. What were the international community's true views on…