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On Friday, April 6, 2012 I will be participating in a debate at The University of California, Davis School of Law.  The topic is "America's Reach:  The Constitutionality of Targeted Killing."  The speech is sponsored by the ACLU and the Federalist Society.

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On Wednesday, Feb. 9, Condoleezza Rice will visit Pepperdine University to share insights from her life and career in two special events at the Malibu campus.

First, she will present “Foreign Policy in a Post-9/11 World” at 3 p.m. in the Henry J. and Gloria Caruso Auditorium at the School of Law. The conversation—with [...]

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I’ve posted the abstract to a recent symposium article “A Cup of Coffee After the Waterboard: Seemingly Voluntary Post-Abuse Statements” to SSRN, but unfortunately I don’t have a .PDF of the final page proofs to post yet.  Here is the abstract of the article which appears in Volume 59 of the [...]

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In a prior post I discussed a change to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s Rules of Procedure.  Marc Ambinder, writing at The Atlantic and Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News both posted responses (thanks to both for the comments and traffic).  Ambinder tied my post to recent developments in the [...]

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Sunday’s terrorist attacks in Kampala, Uganda claimed the life of Nate “Oteka” Henn.  Nate was killed by an explosion that ripped through a rugby field where hundreds of people had gathered to watch the final match of the World Cup.  Nate was just 25 years old and dedicated his life to working for peace [...]

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Tragedy struck Uganda in the form of an Islamist terrorist bombing attack on World Cup watchers.  Among the dead and wounded are Americans serving on charitable missions —I hope readers will keep all of the victims in their prayers.

Last month I wrote about a poorly reasoned New York Times article which argued [...]

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The Justice Department announced Zarein Ahmedzay, a U.S. citizen and resident of Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of New York to terrorism violations stemming from, among other activities, his role in an al-Qaeda plot to conduct coordinated suicide bombings on New York’s subway system in September 2009.

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New Issue: Journal of Conflict & Security Law: The latest issue of the Journal of Conflict & Security Law (Vol. 15, no. 1, Spring 2010) is out. Contents include: Mirko Sossai, Drugs as Weapons: Disarmament Treaties Facing the Advances in Biochemistry and Non-Lethal Weapons Technology Piers Millett, The Biological Weapons Convention: Securing [...]

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On February 22, at Noon I will be giving a speech at Temple University.  The topic of the speech is “What to do about Guantanamo?”  My remarks will focus on the challenges associated with closing the detention facility, and the broader challenges of detaining and trying suspected terrorists.

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On Friday September 11, 2009 The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host Four Roundtables Reconciling National Security and the Rule of Law. 

I’m presenting on the first panel with Larry May (Vanderbilt), Keith Petty (U.S. Army), Mike Newton (Vanderbilt), Morris Davis (USAF [...]

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