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Seymour Hersh’s Second Bite at the Apple: The Syrian chemical weapons conspiracy 2.0
In December 2013, Seymour Hersh published a potential bombshell story entitled, “Whose sarin?” The story purported to show that the White House knew it had insufficient evidence…
News Roundup and Notes: April 7, 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. Drones The New York Times…
Why the CIA? Why no U.S. acknowledgement?
Just to follow up on Ryan’s post: Mark Mazzetti’s story for the Times, assuming it is accurate, confirms what I tried to explain in a post a few weeks ago —…
Yemen Banned Pentagon’s Drone Operations after US Struck Wedding Procession
In Sunday’s New York Times, a must-read story by Mark Mazzetti chronicles a wide range of issues involving the CIA and counterterrorism programs. A news development that might…
Recap: A Guide to Recent Posts on Just Security (Mar. 29-Apr. 4)
I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Jameel Jaffer. Searchable Database of NSA Documents (Friday, Apr. 4) Ryan Goodman, John Bellinger’s Testimony before the PCLOB (and…
Detention After the AUMF
Hot off the presses comes the Fordham Law Review‘s print issue with the papers from last September’s symposium on “Citizenship, Immigration, and National Security…
Searchable Database of NSA Documents
Some Just Security readers will be interested to know that the ACLU has just launched a text-searchable database of NSA documents released since June of 2013. The database is here.
UK Defence Select Committee: Extensive legal scrutiny undermining willingness of commanders to take necessary risks
The UK’s House of Commons Defence Select Committee published a report on Wednesday [full text] concerning the legal framework for future operations of the armed forces. The…
News Roundup and Notes: April 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. Senate torture report…
The SSCI Report and the Right to the Truth about the CIA’s Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition Program
Today’s vote to declassify and ultimately release portions of the exhaustive Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) report on the CIA’s rendition, detention, and interrogation…
SSCI Votes to Declassify Portions of CIA Interrogation Report [Updated with Statement from Sen. Feinstein]
Breaking news this afternoon: the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has voted to declassify portions of its report on the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation and detention…
The Difficulty of Relative Judgments about the Utility of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques: The SSCI Report in Context
Transparency is critically important to the legitimacy and effectiveness of democratic governments. Transparency facilitates both the responsiveness of government to the needs…