* Today’s executive orders on GTMO, CIA detention and interrogation, and the Al-Marri case Attached are copies of the four new executive orders. A brief overview of each follows below. The long and short of it is that a variation of the NSC principals’ committee will have 6 months to come up with new policies… Continue reading Today’s executive orders on GTMO, interrogation, detention, and Al-Marri
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AG opinion on constitutionality of proposed OLC reporting act; forthcoming scholarship
1. Attorney General Mukasey, Constitutionality of the OLC Reporting Act of 2008 (Nov. 14, 2008) (made public 1/12/09) OLC has released a memorandum from AG Mukasey to the Senate Majority Leader, from November 2008, declaring his view that proposed legislation requiring public disclosure of OLC memos in certain scenarios would be unconstitutional. The memo is… Continue reading AG opinion on constitutionality of proposed OLC reporting act; forthcoming scholarship
United States v. Al Kassar (S.D.N.Y.)
* United States v. Monzer Al Kassar, et al. (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 14, 2008) Judge Rakoff has rejected an array of arguments seeking dismissal of an indictment charging three defendants with a conspiracy to provide arms (including SAMs) to the FARC. Among other things, the opinion: – rejects an outrageous government conduct challenge based on the… Continue reading United States v. Al Kassar (S.D.N.Y.)