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The DOD Law of War Manual Returns Hollow Point Bullets to Armed Conflict
Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the new Defense Department Law of War Manual. This series includes posts from Sean Watts, Eric Jensen, Adil Ahmad…
News Roundup and Notes: August 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 US armed…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, August 3–7
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. The House is out of session for most of August with many members doing work in their…
President Obama’s Military Commissions
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…
The Reason Why the UK Lost the Serdar Mohammed Case
The United Kingdom Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Serdar Mohammed v. Ministry of Defense last Thursday. The decision, which assessed the lawfulness of the 110-day…
News Roundup and Notes: August 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. IRAQ and SYRIA A Syrian…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (July 25–31)
I. Detention Larry Siems, Guest Post: Skeptical of Guantánamo Diary? Question the US Government Instead (Tuesday, July 28) Nadia O’Mara, UK Court Invalidates British…
French Surveillance Law Compared to US Surveillance Law
Last Thursday, France’s constitutional court—le Conseil constitutionnel—issued a ruling upholding most of that country’s controversial new surveillance law, enacted in…
The Role of Judges Under UK Surveillance Laws May be About to Change
For centuries, the authorization of surveillance powers under UK law has – for the most part – been in the hands of the executive rather than judges. All that may be about…
News Roundup and Notes: July 31, 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 Airstrikes…
Judge Lamberth decides Warafi
As Jen noted, Judge Lamberth today denied Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi’s renewed habeas petition challenging his continued military detention at Guantánamo. As I have previously explained,…
D.C. District Court to GTMO Detainees: War with Taliban Continues
Judge Lamberth handed down an opinion today denying the claim made by Guantnamo detainee al Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi (discussed by Marty here and here) that the conflict…