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Should ICRC Reports on Detainee Visits be Turned Over to Military Commission Defense Counsel?

On November 6, Military Commission Judge James Pohl ordered the prosecution to hand over to him all ICRC confidential reports on its visits to Guantanamo that are in the possession…
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We All Go Down Together: NSA Programs Overseas Violate Americans’ Privacy, Yet Escape FISC, Congressional Oversight

Ongoing revelations show that significant NSA surveillance activities take place outside of either Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) or congressional oversight, even…
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The President’s May 23d NDU Speech in Action: The Broader Significance of the al-Liby and Ikrima Operations [UPDATED Oct. 15]

If reported accounts thus far are accurate, the al-Liby and Ikrima capture operations last weekend are important illustrations of several things that the President and his top…
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Government Shutdown Postpones Declassification Review of FISC Opinion

Today, the FISC granted the government’s motion to delay a declassification review of prior FISC opinions regarding the legality of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.  Contrary…
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Selective Disclosure About Targeted Killing

For several years, the ACLU has been pressing the Obama administration to be more transparent about the targeted-killing program.  I’m starting to wonder whether it understands…
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Transparency on Targeted Killings: Promises Made, but Little Progress

Since President Barack Obama’s May 2013 counter-terrorism speech, attention to and criticism of US targeted killings practice and policy has notably dropped off inside the US. …
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First Drone Strike Victims Planning to Visit US: Will the US Keep Its Transparency Promises?

Next week – for the first time in the history of the US “targeted killing” drone program – alleged survivors of a drone strike and the family members of a deceased victim…
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