by Brian Itami | Apr 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Brian Itami, NSJ Staff Editor – On Wednesday, March 31, four past and current military lawyers participated in a panel at Harvard Law School entitled “The Indeterminacy of International Humanitarian Law”. The event, sponsored by the National Security...
by Mary Ostberg | Apr 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Mary Ostberg, NSJ Staff Editor – On Wednesday, March 31st, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit’s Northern District of California, granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs in a suit against the U.S. government brought...
by Mat Trachok | Apr 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Mat Trachok, NSJ Staff Editor – According to the Washington Post, White House advisers recently stated that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) will most likely be tried before a military commission. However, the debate still rages. Last...
by John Cella | Mar 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
By John Cella, NSJ Current Events Editor – A key component of the Obama administration’s fight against al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their affiliates has been the increasing use of drone strikes in Pakistan. In a speech on Thursday, State Department Legal Adviser...
by John Thorlin | Mar 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
By John Thorlin, NSJ Staff Editor – In Probing Secrets: The Press and Inchoate Liability for Newsgathering Crimes (in the Spring 2009 issue of the American Journal of Criminal Law) Professor William E. Lee of the University of Georgia examines the legality of...
by Brian Itami | Mar 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Brian Itami, NSJ Staff Editor – It is increasingly likely that the U.S. government will use military commissions to help bring about the closure of its detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and to help resolve the question of what to do with the prison’s...
