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News Roundup and Notes: December 5, 2014
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 Car bombings…
Executive summary and conclusions of SSCI torture report to be released next Monday [UPDATED — or Tuesday]
So says Jason Leopold, relating what a DOJ lawyer has told him in connection with his FOIA lawsuit. [UPDATE: I’m now hearing from several sources that the release —…
How an ISIL-Specific AUMF Affects Interpretations of the 2001/2002 AUMFs
From the moment the United States began military operations against the Islamic State, questions have arisen about the domestic legal basis for the use of American force. The major…
An Intelligence Committee Agenda
There are big changes coming to the congressional intelligence committees in the 114th Congress, with new leadership in both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)…
Jaloud v. Netherlands: European Court of Human Rights addresses extra-territorial jurisdiction in Iraq
Last month, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its judgment in Jaloud v. the Netherlands (full text). The case arose out of the death of Azhar…
News Roundup and Notes: December 4, 2014
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 U.S.-led…
al-Nashiri mandamus petition: Government response and oral argument date
The government today filed its opposition to al-Nashiri’s mandamus petition in which he is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to enjoin the participation…
Int’l Criminal Court’s Examination of U.S. Treatment of Detainees Takes Shape
On Tuesday, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced, in the most explicit and detailed terms to date, that the U.S. treatment of detainees captured in…
The Senate Torture Report Should Name Victims
The Senate Intelligence Committee finally appears ready to release a redacted summary of its report on CIA torture and abuse of suspected terrorists. The release of this document…
News Roundup and Notes: December 3, 2014
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 Iran has…
The merits of the judge-disqualification petition in al-Nashiri
As I noted in an earlier post, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit (CTADC) has stayed the Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) proceedings in the interlocutory…
Drone Courts: The Wrong Solution to the Wrong Problem
A new chapter by Professors Amos Guiora and Jeffrey Brand–“Establishment of a Drone Court: A Necessary Restraint on Executive Power“–has been receiving…