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News Roundup and Notes: October 23, 2015
IRAQ and SYRIA A US service member was killed during a joint mission by US special forces and Kurdish fighters yesterday while rescuing captives of the Islamic State in Iraq, the…
[corrected] GTMO provisions are one of three reasons for the President’s NDAA veto today
Here’s the pertinent part of the veto statement: I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 1735, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.”…
Safe Harbor and Reforming Section 702
Having only belatedly caught up on the European Court of Justice’s Safe Harbor decision, I wanted to weigh in on the excellent discussion between Tim Edgar and Peter Margulies…
Human Shields: The Weapon of the Strong
In a series of interventions, Adil Ahmad Haque and Charlie Dunlap have debated the Defense Department Law of War Manual’s position on human shields (here, here, and here). Claiming…
News Roundup and Notes: October 22, 2015
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 Secretary…
The World Doesn’t Need a “Snowden Treaty”
How to best protect privacy in cyberspace is a very difficult question. So is what role the law (domestic and international) should play in ensuring a proper balance between privacy…
Bart Gellman at Purdue: Is it lawful to discuss and display the Snowden documents in universities?
Four weeks ago, Bart Gellman of the Century Foundation delivered a keynote address at Purdue University’s “Dawn or Doom?” colloquium. His topic was “The…
News Roundup and Notes: October 21, 2015
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 President…
Update on Apple’s Compelled-Decryption Case
Last week, we wrote about an order from a federal magistrate judge in New York that questioned the government’s ability, under an ancient federal law called the All Writs Act,…
The Latest Stumbling Block in the 9/11 Case: Self-Representation and Classified Evidence
Can a military commission defendant represent himself if he can’t see the classified evidence against him? That’s the outstanding issue in the 9/11 case taking place at the…
The Ba Odah hearing before Judge Hogan
Judge Hogan heard arguments last Thursday in the case of Tariq Ali Abdullah Ba Odah, a Guantánamo detainee who has been on a hunger strike for eight years, during which time…
News Roundup and Notes: October 20, 2015
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 The Iraqi government…