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The Early Edition: July 7, 2016
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 and SYRIA Syrian government…
The Encryption Debate: All Quiet on the Western Front?
The US war on encryption has quieted down recently. The San Bernardino and Brooklyn court cases concerning encrypted iPhones both ended this spring not with a bang, but with a…
Highlights From the Chilcot Report
Earlier today, the UK’s Iraq Inquiry Committee released the report of its seven year investigation into the country’s role in the Iraq War. Started in 2009 at the…
The Early Edition: July 6, 2016
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 and SYRIA Turkey is…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, July 4–8
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this holiday-shortened week. Wednesday, July 6 10:00am – House Armed Services – Subcommittee…
The Updated First Geneva Convention Commentary, DOD’s Law of War Manual, and a More Perfect Law of War, Part I
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Nearly synonymous with the law of war itself, the universally ratified 1949 Conventions are not merely…
The Early Edition: July 5, 2016
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 and SYRIA “Chilling”…
The Fourth of July
John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” (1818). Image credit: Architect of the Capitol In honor of the Fourth of July, Just Security will be on an abbreviated schedule…
The Good and Bad in the US Government’s Civilian Casualties Announcement
The US government on Friday, July 1 released long-sought information on its views as to how many people it has killed in drone and other strikes “outside areas of active hostilities,”…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (June 25–July 1)
I. Presidential Policy Guidance, Targeted Killing & Civilian Casualties Jameel Jaffer, A Less-Secret Drone Campaign (Monday, June 27) Marty Lederman, The Government’s…
The government’s treatment of civilian casualties in counterterrorism operations [updated]
The government has just released two important documents. One is an assessment by the Director of National Intelligence of the cumulative civilian casualties from U.S. counterterrorism…
Medical Complicity in CIA Torture, Then and Now
The US government released a series of documents about the CIA torture program on June 14 and 15, in response to Freedom of Information Act lawsuits by the ACLU and Vice News.…