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Are you safer on flights? Maybe not…
Since 2001 the United States has taken many precautions to guard against another similar tragedy from occurring. One of those changes was...
Oct 23, 20132 min read
Abu Anas at Sea: Alleged al Qaeda Operative Held in Detention
In 2000, Abu Anas, born Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, was indicted in Manhattan for alleged conspiracy with Osama Bin Laden in his plot to...
Oct 14, 20133 min read
Presidential Power and National Security Decisions: The Domestic and International Legal Justificati
We would like to thank all the attendees and everyone who contributed to a successful syposium. Below please find links for the webcasts...
Sep 30, 20137 min read
Foreign Assistance Funds or Direct Military Assistance: The Questionable Legality of the U.S. Missio
On March 21, 2012, Malian soldiers under the command of Captain Amadou Sanogo seized the presidential palace in Bamako, ousting the...
Mar 20, 20132 min read
11 Dead, Over 60 Wounded After Today's Suicide Bombing in Lahore, Pakistan
A police building in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, was attacked by a suicide bomber today, leaving 11 dead and over 60 injured....
Mar 8, 20131 min read
Two Hamas Leader Murder Suspects Possibly in US
Of the twenty-six possible suspects sought by the Dubai police for participating in the killing of a Hamas leader, at least two may have...
Mar 1, 20131 min read
What Happens When We Place Oil Sanctions On Iran?
On Friday, March 30, 2012, President Obama announced tighter oil sanctions on Iran despite the rising gas prices in the US. These...
Jan 23, 20134 min read
The M23, Rwanda, the Conflict in the Congo, and Possible Implications on U.S. National Security
On November 19th, a rebel group known as the M23 militia easily captured the strategic city of Goma as part of its eight-month campaign...
Dec 8, 20123 min read
Terrorist Attack Thwarted, Media Coverage Negligible
“This is not ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ where the Queen said ‘First the punishment then the trial. This is America, where everyone is...
Nov 27, 20123 min read
Sex and the Military: the Problems the Tabloids Aren't Talking About
This Veteran’s Day, the biggest news story about the military was the resignation of CIA Director and retired General David Petraeus in...
Nov 23, 20123 min read
Free Speech or Terrorist Supporter? Prosecuting Terrorism through the Material Support Statutes: Apr
The National Security Law Brief’s Annual Symposium will include a panel of academic and practicing experts in terrorism prosecutions, who...
Mar 31, 20121 min read
Executive Transition: The Death of Kim Jong-il
Word came from North Korea by state newscast that their leader for decades, Kim Jong-il had died on December 17, 2011. The United States...
Dec 19, 20113 min read
ABA's 21st Annual Review of the Field of National Security
The American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the National Security & the Law will hold the 21st annual review of the field of...
Nov 16, 20111 min read
Iranian Regime Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador in US Thwarted
Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the U.S. foiled a plot by factions supported by the Iranian regime to kill the Saudi...
Oct 11, 20111 min read
Ten Years After 9/11: The Changing Terrorist Threat
On September 8, 2011, the American University National Security Law Brief and the Law and Government Program at the Washington College of...
Sep 8, 20111 min read
Wikileaks, the Espionage Act, and the First Amendment: The Law, Politics, and Policy of Prosecuting
On January 11, 2011, American University National Security Law Brief faculty advisors Daniel Marcus and Steven Vladeck participated in a...
Jan 11, 20111 min read
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Beyond the Log Cabin Republicans Injunction and the Defense Authorization Act
Sponsored by the Program on Law & Government, National Security Law Brief, Labor & Employment Law Forum, LAMBDA Law Society, Legislation...
Nov 4, 20101 min read
Experts Challenge Legality of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan
In the past week, U.N. investigators and law professors alike have spoken out concerning the CIA-directed drone strikes on al-Qaeda and...
Oct 23, 20103 min read
White House Hedges on DADT Ruling, DOJ May Appeal
Despite support for Judge Virginia A. Phillips’ calling for the military to “suspend and discontinue” enforcement of the Don’t Ask, Don’t...
Oct 16, 20101 min read
Vanishing Ruling Gives Insight Into the Redaction Process
On March 16, 2010, Judge Henry Kennedy, Jr., of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., granted a habeas petition for the release of...
Oct 13, 20102 min read
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