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Obama Administration May Link GTMO Closure to Use of Military Commissions

Obama Administration May Link GTMO Closure to Use of Military Commissions

By Brian Itami, NSJ Staff Editor - It is increasingly likely that the U.S. government will use military...

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A Response To ‘Connecting the Dots and the Christmas Plot’

A Response To ‘Connecting the Dots and the Christmas Plot’

By Jeffrey Kahn - When your favorite tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.  After the...

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NSJ Analysis: Turning Off Autopilot: Towards a Sustainable Drone Policy

NSJ Analysis: Turning Off Autopilot: Towards a Sustainable Drone Policy

As the intensity of the unacknowledged U.S. drone campaign against al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in...

NSJ Analysis: Simon Surveys Potential Israeli Strike on Iran

Writing for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Center for Preventive Action, Steven Simon sets out to “assesses the...

NSJ Analysis: Simon Surveys Potential Israeli Strike on Iran
posted on: Dec 2, 2009 | author: NSJ

Predator Strikes Raise Novel Moral, Legal Issues

By Mat Trachok, NSJ Staff Editor - In a recent article in The New Yorker, Jane Mayer considers the legal and moral...

Predator Strikes Raise Novel Moral, Legal Issues
posted on: Dec 2, 2009 | author: NSJ

Second Circuit Rules Victim of Extraordinary Rendition May Not Sue American Officials

By Jonathan Abrams, NSJ Staff Editor, HLS 2012 The Second Circuit ruled on November 2nd that Maher Arar, a Canadian...

Second Circuit Rules Victim of Extraordinary Rendition May Not Sue American Officials
posted on: Dec 1, 2009 | author: NSJ

Compassion for Veterans’ Combat Stress Finds its Way to the Supreme Court

In this unsigned opinion released yesterday, the Supreme Court appeared to recognize that the toll of combat stress on...

Compassion for Veterans’ Combat Stress Finds its Way to the Supreme Court
posted on: Dec 1, 2009 | author: NSJ
Ninth Circuit to Rehear State Secrets Case

Ninth Circuit to Rehear State Secrets Case

posted on: Dec 1, 2009 | author: NSJ

By Jonathan Abrams, NSJ Staff Editor, HLS 2012 On October 27th, the Ninth Circuit granted en banc review to an important case involving the “state...

Bail for Convicted Terrorist’s Lawyer Revoked; Sentence Remanded as “strikingly low”

Bail for Convicted Terrorist’s Lawyer Revoked; Sentence Remanded as “strikingly low”

posted on: Nov 28, 2009 | author: NSJ

By NSJ Staff Writer On November 17th, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed, but remanded for re-sentencing, the conviction of Lynne...

Debating the Use of Civilian Courts to Try Suspected Terrorists

Debating the Use of Civilian Courts to Try Suspected Terrorists

posted on: Nov 22, 2009 | author: NSJ

By Mat Trachok, HLS 2012 Staff Writer There has been considerable debate over the Obama Administration’s decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed...

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