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National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, February 9-13
Below is a calendar of Congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Tuesday, February 10, 2015 9:30am – Senate Armed Services – Global Challenges and…
Challenging the Guantánamo Narrative: “Too Dangerous to Transfer”
This post is the latest installment of our Monday Reflections feature in which a different Just Security editor takes an in-depth look at the big stories from the previous…
“Gag order” on Military Commission defendants substantially lifted
Very important and welcome news from Guantánamo Bay: The defendants in military commissions cases and their counsel are now free to discuss their interrogations and conditions…
News Roundup and Notes: February 9, 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 A drone strike…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Jan 31- Feb 6)
I. Torture Katherine Hawkins, Guest Post: Torture and the CIA’s Unaccountability Boards (Thursday, Feb. 5) II. Detention & Trials Steve Vladeck, Military Commissions…
The US Should Not Rush to Arm Ukraine
Last weekend, a group of think tanks led by the Brookings Institution began to preview their upcoming report on why it is time for the US to arm Ukraine in its conflict with Russia…
A comprehensive summary of GTMO policy, practices and prospects
It’s all here in the prepared testimony of Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Brian McKeon before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday morning. Most…
News Roundup and Notes: February 6, 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, PRIVACY, and…
Panel Preview: Pre-Trial Issues in Terrorism Cases (JNSL&P Symposium on Terrorism Trials)
In the past 13 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks, hundreds of terrorism suspects have been arrested and convicted in federal court. A daylong symposium next Wednesday,…
Torture and the CIA’s Unaccountability Boards
Last Saturday, January 31, CIA Inspector General David Buckley resigned after a little more than four years in office. His departure came at the end of the same month his office…
Authorization vs. Regulation of Detention: What Serdar Mohammed v. MoD Got Right and Wrong
The UK Court of Appeal will soon hear the appeal in Serdar Mohammed v. Ministry of Defense, a highly important case in which the UK High Court held that the long-term detention…
News Roundup and Notes: February 5, 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 White House…