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The Early Edition: February 23, 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 & SYRIA Cessation…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, February 22–26
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Tuesday, February 23 9:30am – Senate Armed Services – US Pacific Command and US Forces…
Who Sets the Rules of the Privacy and Security Game?
This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
How Should International Law Deal With Doubt in the Era of Drones and Big Data?
Recent reports on the NSA’s use of metadata and machine learning to generate intelligence for drone strikes in Pakistan spotlights the somewhat less-discussed legal concerns…
Iraq and Syria: Prospects for Accountability
On February 10, 2016, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission convened a congressional briefing devoted to the topic of advancing accountability for the commission of international…
The Early Edition: February 22, 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 & SYRIA Peace negotiations.…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (February 13–19)
I. Law Enforcement Investigations & Privacy Judith Germano, Guest Post: Law Enforcement Online: Innovative Doesn’t Mean Illegal (Tuesday, February 16) Robyn Greene, Guest…
Building Civil Liberties Protections Into the EU’s Latest Border Discussions
European officials are renewing efforts to secure their borders in the wake of last November’s Paris attack. At the end of last month, EU Interior Ministers met to solidify cooperation…
Justice Scalia, Privacy, and Where We Go From Here
When you work in privacy and civil liberties, you get accustomed to having strange bedfellows. Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic socialist presidential candidate from Vermont,…
News Roundup and Notes: February 19, 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. ANKARA BOMB ATTACK Turkey’s…
“More Than a Domestic Mechanism”: Options for Hybrid Justice in Sri Lanka
For nearly three decades, the government of Sri Lanka fought with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), but after years of resistance, the new government has committed to…
News Roundup and Notes: February 18, 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. ANKARA BOMB ATTACK A bomb…