Institute for Global Security Law and Policy Interactive Weblog

The Institute for Global Security Law and Policy Interactive Weblog features a compilation of news and other articles related to global security issues.

Author: The authors are research fellows at the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, which is sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland.

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Recent Posts from Institute for Global Security Law and Policy Interactive Weblog

24,000 WWII-era spies revealed in U.S. documents
VIA INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE The famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Justice Arthur Goldberg of the Supreme Court and the Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened…
Estonia, Google Help 'Cyberlocked' Georgia (Updated)
VIA WIRED.COM (Hat Tip: Infowar-Monitor.net) Civil.ge, the Georgian news site, is "under permanent attack." So they've switched their operations to one of Google's Blogspot domains, to keep the information flowing about what's going on in…
Georgia reports new air attacks at military bases
AP STORY VIA YAHOO NEWS DZHAVA, Georgia - Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists.…
Military panel sentences bin Laden driver to a short term
VIA INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Rejecting a prosecution request for a severe sentence, a panel of military officers sentenced the convicted former driver for Osama bin Laden to five and a half years in prison on…
Subplots on Guantanamo
VIA INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE The long legal story of the Bush administration's effort to prosecute detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, now has two fast-moving subplots. Either one could soon write something of a final chapter.…
Debate over Boumediene's meaning
VIA SCOTUSBLOG (Hat Tip: Robert Chesney) Lawyers for the Pentagon and for detainees now held at Guantanamo Bay have already engaged in a debate at least in summary form over the meaning of…
Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book
VIA THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (Hat Tip: Robert Chesney) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of General Counsel released the "Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book", a free 688-page…
US: Landmark Supreme Court Ruling on Detainees
VIA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH The US Supreme Court ruling recognizing the right of Guantanamo detainees to challenge their detention in civilian courts deals a stunning blow to the Bush administrations detention policies, Human Rights Watch…
Terror bill passes narrowly in Britain
VIA INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced down a revolt within his governing Labor Party on Wednesday, winning a precariously narrow victory in the House of Commons for a measure that among other…
US: Improve Prison Conditions at Guantanamo
VIA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH More than two-thirds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, including many cleared for release or transfer, are being housed in inhumane conditions that are reportedly having a damaging effect on their mental…