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Text of the Senate Bill for Closing Guantánamo Plus White House’s Veto Recommendation
This week, the full Senate is considering the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Defense Authorization bill, the text of which was very recently made public. While the bill covers billions…
Chris Soghoian Q+A: The Next Chapter of Surveillance Reform
I recently conducted a wide-ranging Q+A with the ACLU’s chief technologist, Chris Soghoian, on a range of topics, from the “fraudulent” nature of the recent debate over Section…
What Did the USA Freedom Act Actually Amend?
There has been a lot of ink spilled here and elsewhere about the USA Freedom Act over the last several weeks. Its privacy protections. Its alterations to the government’s surveillance…
News Roundup and Notes: June 4, 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 Islamic…
The apparent end of the “gag orders” for GTMO detainees
Back in February, I explained that the protective orders in two Military Commissions cases had been amended to now permit the defendants and their counsel to speak publicly about…
News Roundup and Notes: June 3, 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. SURVEILLANCE, TECHNOLOGY,…
The costs of covertness (international law edition)
As regular JS readers know, I’ve published several posts here on the costs–to the public, and to the government–of one prominent aspect of the U.S.’s use…
Sunsets Need Sunshine: What We Can Learn from the USA Freedom Act
This afternoon, Congress, for the first time since 9/11, reined in national security surveillance authorities. It’s a historic moment, and a great victory for civil liberties,…
(Unadulterated) USA Freedom Act to become law [UPDATED with vote tally]
The Senate today decisively rejected each of the proposed amendments to the House-passed USA Freedom Act (see roll call votes here). It then approved the bill by a vote of 67-32 (with…
Guest Post: Is There an International Duty to Use More Accurate Weapons?
In the heated debate about drones, relatively little attention has been given to their use by the US military to carry out attacks in battlefield zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq,…
Rand Paul and Surveillance Reform, Part II
My post from yesterday about how Rand Paul hijacked the surveillance reform debate provoked a series of interesting responses both via e-mail and on Twitter, including a note from…
News Roundup and Notes: June 2, 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. SURVEILLANCE, TECHNOLOGY,…