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Terrorism
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The Right Coast
Can you tell if a man is dangerous just by looking at his face? – By Dave Johns – Slate Magazine Tom Smith
On Nov. 27, 2008, Indian police interrogators came face to face with the only gunman captured alive in last year's bloody Mumbai terror attacks. They were surprised by what they…
International Law Prof Blog
UN World Food Programme Offices Attacked in Pakistan — Five Staffers Reported Killed by Bomb
Shame.We join the strong global condemnation of today’s suicide attack against the office of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Islamabad, Pakistan in which reports are now that…
International Law Prof Blog
International Law at the United Nations
The U.N. General Assembly Sixth Committee will meet on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. (in the Trusteeship Council Chamber of the U.N. Headquarters in New York). The provisional…
The Right Coast
Zazi detention memo from DOJ motion Tom Smith
Yikes. Terrorist conspiracy city. Plus your browsing history are belong to US. Via volokh.
The Right Coast
Did Law Enforcement Blow the Denver Terrorism Investigation? – Andy McCarthy – The Corner on National Review Online Tom Smith
A depressing report in the Washington Times about the ongong terrorism investigation (my column on it from yesterday is here). The Times suggests that turf warring between rival agencies the FBI…
Sentencing Law and Policy
UK gives lifewithparole for terrorists convicted of airline bomb plot
Main September 14, 2009UK gives life with parole for terrorists convicted of airline bomb plotThis new CNN article, which reports on three high-profile terror defendants getting sentenced in London, provides…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Constitutional Challenge to Military Commission Trials
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In a brief order, the D.C. Circuit Court asked the Obama administration to respond by noon tomorrow (Tuesday) in a case raising a constitutional challenge to the 2006 law providing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Compassionate release for Lockerbie bomber spotlights different visions of justice
Main August 20, 2009Compassionate release for Lockerbie bomber spotlights different visions of justiceAs detailed in this New York Times article, headlined "Scotland Lets Lockerbie Bomber Return to Libya," a very…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Elizabeth Bahr on Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and Compensation of Military Victims of War on Terror
By joetort
Elizabeth Bahr of George Mason Law School has posted to SSRN her Comment, Is the Gavel Mightier than the Sword? Fighting Terrorism in American Courts: The Problematic Implications of Using the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Resentencing in terror case results in life sentence
Main July 28, 2009Resentencing in terror case results in life sentenceAs detailed in this Washington Post article, a controversial terrorism prosecution has resulted in a life sentence following a resentencing…