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Analysis and Commentary

A Weak Case For The Unconstitutionality Of The Detainee Transfer Restrictions (And A Glance At The Bigger Picture)

by Jack Goldsmithvia Lawfare
Monday, October 26, 2015
noted earlier this year that the administration might be building a foundation for a constitutional argument to disregard congressional transfer restrictions as a basis for closing GTMO.  Last week Harold Koh used the President’s message in connection with his NDAA veto as an occasion to add to that foundation.
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20 Years After Death, Rabin's Leadership Unmatched

by Peter Berkowitzvia Real Clear Politics
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Amidst the breakdown of their negotiations with the Palestinians and a wave of terrorist attacks rolling across the country, Israelis will gather on the evening of October 31 in Tel Aviv to honor the memory of Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 20 years ago. And they will continue to wrestle with the meaning for Israel’s future of his life and tragic death. 

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The Lawfare Podcast: Joby Warrick And William McCants At The Hoover Book Soiree

by Benjamin Wittesvia Lawfare
Saturday, October 24, 2015

I was delighted to participate the other day in the first of a new monthly series of Hoover Institution book soirees. This series involves coctail hour interviews with the authors of important new national security-oriented books at Hoover's beautiful Washington offices. Jack and I will be...

Analysis and Commentary

Rational Security: The “This is Not Some Superpower Chessboard” Edition

by Benjamin Wittesvia Lawfare
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Tamara is back from China, and the gang discusses the European Court of Justice decision in Schrems and whether it knocked the surveillance state back on its heels. We talk about whether Russia is a resurgent power in the Middle East? And we discuss my little campaign to get Russian President...

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Former Ambassador To Russia Says He And Clinton Communicated Without E-mail

quoting Michael McFaulvia Bloomberg
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow and former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on Thursday backed up Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's testimony to the Benghazi committee that she mostly communicated through means other than e-mail when she was secretary of state. 

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The Conservative Reviews Are In: Benghazi Hearing A Bust

quoting Michael McFaulvia Bloomberg
Thursday, October 22, 2015

To hear Republicans tell it, a series of unfortunate events culminated in a rough day Thursday for the House Benghazi committee, leaving conservatives to wonder if they've lost their most potent political weapon against Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.

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I'll Fight Putin Any Time, Any Place He Can't Have Me Arrested

by Benjamin Wittes mentioning Michael McFaulvia Lawfare
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

What do former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, former State Department policy planning chief Anne-Marie Slaughter, former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, and big-name journalists Charles Lane, Jonathan Rauch, and Jeffery Goldberg all have in common?...

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Middle East Most Immediate, Severe Test For America's Role In 21st Century

featuring Henry A. Kissingervia Sputnik News
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Former US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, has outlined his “path out of the Middle East collapse”, suggesting the US administration to define its new priorities and a new strategy in the region, as the old geopolitical structure, which lasted four decades, is currently “in shambles”, due to Russia's involvement.

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Other Voices: Middle East Policy Needs Clarity

quoting Peter Berkowitzvia Herald-Journal
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Bin Laden is gone now, dispatched from this earthly realm in 2011 by the Navy’s lethal SEAL Team Six. Yet we remain mired in the seemingly endless fighting in the Middle East, and the rationale for that is in dire need of clarification, if not justification.

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Kissinger: Defeat of ISIL more important than Assad ouster

featuring Henry A. Kissingervia PressTV
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

“The destruction of ISIS is more urgent than the overthrow of Bashar Assad,” the veteran diplomat writes in an article published by the Wall Street Journal, using another acronym for the terror group.

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