Bill’s Detainee Provisions Reaffirm the Law of War
Co-authored by Lee A. Casey Gen. David Irvine’s objections to the detainee...
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Iran’s War on Religious Freedom
The Iranian regime is in the news again over an alleged terrorist plot on American soil. Back in Iran, the regime's brutality to its own people continues. As Western governments consider how...
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War-Power Paranoia
Zero. If you’re keeping score, that would be the number of American citizens assassinated so far by President Obama. Oddly enough, it turns out to be the same number of our countrymen kille...
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How the NYPD Gets Jihad Right
In a world of wishful thinkers, Commissioner Kelly is a realist.
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9/11 Plotters Are Araigned
. . . and, finally, the commissions may prove their worth.
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De-Commissioned
Will Pentagon blunders mean the end of military trials for terrorists?
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Warfare, Lawfare & Jawfare
And one other form of combat to which attention must be paid.
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Welcome to Boumediene World
Here we go. The Los Angeles Times and Voice of America report that a federal appeals court in Washington has presumed to invalidate the commander-in-chief’s determination...
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Blunt Talk on Surveillance Reform
The whip weighs in.
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A Good Deal On Surveillance Reform
Politics, it is often said, is the art of the possible. By that measure, national security has been served by the compromise finally struck Thursday to overhaul our outdated surveillance laws. Th...
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A Quick Way Forward After Boumediene
Either Congress reasserts itself, or terror-friendly bedlam ensues.
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FISA Reform Is Vital to Stopping the Next Terror Plot, Not the Last One
Thanks to a testimonial error that National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is now undertaking to clarify, a confusing turn has been taken in the debate over reforming “FISA” --...
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Why Mrs. Bhutto Had to Die
Former Pakistani Prime Minster Benazir Bhutto was murdered because of herpotential actions in Pakistan, by the combined forces of jihadism in that country. In short, they executed her to pre-empt...
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The CIA Interrogation Tapes
Remember when this was a real war?
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Due Process for Jihadists?
The Supreme Court ponders the constitutional rights of enemy combatants.
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State of Denial
Musharraf's latest move has transformed him into a liability.
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
On torture and executive power, Democrats sing a different tune when the president is … a Democrat.
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Press That Shield Back
Reporters already have protection, and they owe the public their testimony … just like the rest of us.
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Medellin (and Bush) v. Texas
So see if you can follow this. George W. Bush, the imperial president of left-wing lampoon, orders his National Security Agency to intercept enemy communications without judicial warrant...
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FISA Reform: The Bad Bill that Beats No Bill
The Senate bill is bipartisan -- and that's nothing to celebrate.