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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…
Drone Disclosures, Official and Not
As readers of this blog already know, last week The Intercept published a series of fascinating stories about the US drone campaign. The stories, and the official documents that…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, October 19–23
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10:00am – Senate Foreign Relations – The Persistent North…
Korematsu’s Demise?
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…
News Roundup and Notes: October 19, 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 A US drone strike…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (October 10–16)
I. Encryption & Hacking Marty Lederman, Darkness? (Saturday, October 10) Amie Stepanovich, Guest Post: Too Much Posturing and Not Enough Substance on Encryption (Monday,…
News Roundup and Notes: October 16, 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. AFGHANISTAN President…
Lawful Hacking After the Encryption Debate
The Obama administration has apparently decided not to support exceptional access proposals that would provide law enforcement with the means to access data on iPhones and other…