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The Legal Basis for the Abu Khattalah Capture

The capture of Ahmed Abu Khattalah was performed by a joint group of FBI agents and U.S. Special Operations forces.  A New York Times story reported an official as saying that…
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Benghazi Oversight: The Composition of the Select Committee

This post provides an initial assessment of the composition of the newly formed House Select Committee on Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi. Over several…
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SSCI Report Names Djibouti as Host to CIA “Black Site,” as Case Pends before the African Commission

Djibouti is named as a host of a CIA “black site” in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) report examining the extraordinary rendition and secret detention…
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Benghazi Oversight Updates: Of “Smoking Guns,” Judges & Committee Rifts

There have been a few developments over the last week in the ongoing congressional oversight activity related to the terrorist attack on U.S. personnel and facilities in Benghazi,…
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US Policy on Uganda’s LGBT Rights Violations and the Hunt for Joseph Kony

Last night the Washington Post (Karen DeYoung) reported that President Obama has deployed at least four CV-22 Osprey aircraft and about 150 Air Force Special Forces to Uganda in…
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The US Response to Uganda’s Anti-LGBT Law – Threat or Opportunity for Regional Security Efforts

A few weeks ago officials from the National Security Council and Ambassador Susan Rice held meetings with leading Ugandan LGBT activist Frank Mugisha to discuss the US government’s…
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Fugitive Du Jour: Sylvestre Mudacumura

Following yesterday’s post about President Al-Bashir of Sudan, it might be useful to examine other fugitives from justice and the state of U.S. policy toward their capture.…
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What rules is the US applying to its Somalia drone strikes?

CNN today provided the most detailed account yet of the latest U.S. drone strike, carried out this past weekend in Somalia. US officials (quoted  anonymously by CNN) said the…
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U.S. Intervention at the ICC Assembly of States Parties

The 12th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the International Criminal Court has been meeting in The Hague this week.  The United States sent an inter-agency delegation…
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The End of the M23, Will Justice Follow?

In the last few days, we have witnessed some important and welcome developments in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—a region of the world in desperate need of some…
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Kenya, with African Union Backing, to Seek Again Deferral of the Cases Before the ICC?

In other ICC news…. It is being reported that a diplomatic deal is being struck to seek the postponement of the Kenyan cases through the Security Council. This follows on the…
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