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CIA, Drones and Proxy Forces, and the Exit from Afghanistan
In a conversation several years ago about what was then simply a hypothesized US military exit from Afghanistan, a friend told me, think of the CIA as the French Foreign Legion. My friend meant by...
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Were Kevin Jon Heller and I Both Wrong?
Earlier this week, Kevin Jon Heller and I had an exchange over what the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA, Akhil Afridi, was actually charged with and convicted of. Writing at Opinio Juris, Kevin...
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WaPo Op-Ed On Leaks and Former Government Officials
This morning, Paul flagged a Washington Post op-ed by Senators Coats, Rubio and Burr. The trio’s piece concerns the improper revelation of national security secrets. As one example, the authors cite...
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Klaidman on KSM’s Incriminating Statements and the 9/11 Trial
The Associated Press, via Fox News, has another intriguing excerpt from Dan Klaidman’s Kill or Capture: The War On Terror And The Soul Of The Obama Presidency. The book is shaping up to be a must-read...
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GAO Report on Housing Guantanamo Detainees in the U.S.
Lots of news coverage this morning about this GAO report, released yesterday by Senator Dianne Feinstein, on housing Guantanamo detainees in the United States. Here’s Spencer Ackerman of Wired Danger...
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Asymmetrical USG Reactions to Cyber Exploitations and Cyber Attacks
I am puzzled by two news reports on USG cyber policy in the last few days. This AP story from Friday surprised me for what it revealed about the lethargic U.S. reaction to the now-many-years-old...
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Lawsuit against NYPD by Members of Muslim Community
Last June, a collection of advocacy and religious organizations, businesses, and individuals in New York City and New Jersey filed a federal lawsuit against the City of New York, alleging the New York...
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Pillage and Plunder in South Asia
Don’t look now, but a populous Muslim country in the Indian subcontinent is simmering with tension between its Islamist parties and its ruling civilian government. No, I’m not talking about Pakistan....
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Espionage in the Aloha State? U.S. v. Bishop
Filed March 14th in the U.S. District Court of Hawaii: a criminal complaint against a civilian defense contractor, Benjamin Bishop, for unlawfully leaking national security secrets to his girlfriend....
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The Frenemy Press on Ben Emmerson’s Statement
As Ben and Gregory McNeal posted earlier, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights, Ben Emmerson, issued this statement on March 14 after a three-day visit to...
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Ben Fox on the Situation at Guantanamo
Ben Fox of the Associated Press has a particularly good account of the situation at Guantanamo. Because it was posted on Friday, amid the late unpleasantness in Boston, most people undoubtedly missed...
View ArticleExplainer on the AP Subpoenas Controversy
It’s been a rough week for the Obama Administration. In addition to outrage over IRS targeting of conservative groups and continued conspiratorial rumblings about the Administration’s response to the...
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Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with these thoughts on the AP subpoenas controversy and background law: In light...
View ArticleU.S. Notifies Criminal Defendant of Its Intention To Use FISA Information...
In what could be a consequential move, federal prosecutors this week informed a man accused of providing material support to the Islamic Jihad Union (“IJU”) that they intend to “offer into evidence or...
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