by harvardnsj | Mar 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
As the intensity of the unacknowledged U.S. drone campaign against al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan has continued to increase throughout 2009 and into 2010, questions about the drone program have grown louder. To preserve the legitimacy and effectiveness...
by harvardnsj | Feb 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
On Saturday, February 27th, President Obama signed a one-year extension of the three expiring sections of the USA PATRIOT Act. These sections are Section 215 (the so-called “library records” provision), Section 206 (involving “roving wiretaps”), and Section 207 (the...
by Jonathan Abrams | Feb 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Jonathan Abrams, NSJ Staff Editor – Five American Muslims who were detained in Pakistan on suspicion of terrorism have alleged torture by American and Pakistani authorities. The men, all from the Washington, DC area, were detained in December shortly...
by harvardnsj | Feb 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
In September and October of 2001, an anonymous source dropped a white powder containing deadly anthrax into the mail. The attack killed five people; threatened the safety of Congress, the media, and the public at large; and rekindled the fears still raw from the...
by John Cella | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
By John Cella — The intrusion by unidentified Chinese hackers into Google’s networks in January is likely not an isolated incident, but part of the growing trend of state-sponsored acts of cyberwarfare. While Google is a private corporation, attacks...
by John Thorlin | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
By John Thorlin, NSJ Staff Editor – Assassinating foreign leaders outside of an ongoing armed conflict is of questionable legality, even if doing so would prevent a broader war. Humanitarian interventions such as the NATO bombings in Kosovo–acts...
