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On February 10, 2010 I will be participating in a panel discussion focused on “How to Try Suspected Terrorists” sponsored by the Loyola Law School-Los Angeles International Law Society and Federalist Society chapters.
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Exactly one year has passed since President Obama declared he would close Guantanamo.
And today, The Washington Post reports that his Department of Justice Task Force will recommend “that nearly 50 of the 196 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be held indefinitely without trial under [...]
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University released a new report entitled Federal Agencies Can’t Agree on Who is a Terrorist. TRAC always provides great information, and is an invaluable resource for counterterrorism scholars looking for data to support their arguments.
With that said, I don’t agree with the conclusions in [...]
I was recently interviewed by Patty Satalia, a journalist with WPSU a PBS and NPR affiliate. The interview was approximately one hour long (divided into segments) and questions ran the gamut from a discussion of the challenges the President will face in closing Guantanamo, to lessons from the CIA memos. We also discussed similarities [...]
Andy McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor who most notably was involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing case has rejected an offer by Attorney General Holder to join the President’s Task Force on Detention Policy. His letter is here. In light of the fact that the President’s policy decision was made on [...]
Short Biography
Greg McNeal is a professor and national security specialist focusing on the institutions and challenges associated with global security, with substantive expertise in national security law and policy, transnational crime, global policy studies, and international affairs.
He teaches at Pepperdine University's School of Law and School of Public Policy.Recent Posts
- America’s Reach: The Constitutionality of Targeted Killing
- Does the NDAA Permit the Detention of U.S. Citizens?
- Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study in Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence
- New Approaches to Reducing and Mitigating Harm to Civilians
- NDAA May Put Defense Contractors In Prison For Counterfeit Parts
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