by harvardnsj | Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
In what appears to be a sudden reversal of policy, Congressional leaders on the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Committee on Wednesday included compromise language in the FY 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Act that would allow detainees currently...
by harvardnsj | Oct 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Obama Administration announced last week that it no longer plans to seek new legislation creating a framework for preventive detention of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The move represents a departure from the plan for such legislation laid out by President Obama in...
by harvardnsj | Oct 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project and a countersuit, Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder. These cases will address whether, under the First and Fifth amendments, the “material support” for terrorism provision of 18 U.S.C....
by harvardnsj | Sep 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Benjamin Wittes, member of the Harvard National Security Journal Advisory Board, commented today on the Obama Administration’s decision not to seek legislation from Congress to govern the continued detention of Guantanamo detainees. For Mr. Wittes’ views,...
by harvardnsj | Sep 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Afghan legal resident at the center of an FBI terrorism investigation, was ordered held without bail today after pleading not guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to the charge of conspiracy to...
by harvardnsj | Sep 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Obama Administration announced on Wednesday its decision to heighten the standards used by Justice Department officials when they seek to invoke the state secrets privilege. The new policy comes in response to the widely held belief that Bush Administration...
