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Sep 11, 2024
吃瓜直播 Statement on the 23rd Commemoration of 9/11
WASHINGTON 鈥� In commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Hina Shamsi, director of the 吃瓜直播鈥檚 National Security Project...
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National Security
Aug 28, 2024
吃瓜直播 Files Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Government鈥檚 Unlawful Detention and Inhumane Treatment of Acquitted Man
ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥� Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges last year, filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern D...
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National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 28, 2024
吃瓜直播 Releases Roadmap to Rein in Government Surveillance Under a Harris Administration
The roadmap continues the 吃瓜直播鈥檚 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Harris administration.
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National Security
Privacy & Technology
Aug 06, 2024
Appeals Court Allows CIA to Continue Abusing Glomar Responses to Evade Accountability
The decision in Connell v. CIA allows the CIA to officially keep the existence of Guant谩namo-related documents a secret despite public evidence to the contrary
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National Security
Aug 03, 2024
吃瓜直播 Statement on Defense Secretary Austin Revoking Plea Deal for 9/11 Defendants
WASHINGTON 鈥� Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Friday overruled prosecutors and Brig. General Susan Escallier, the Guant谩namo military commission鈥檚 convening authority,...
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Capital Punishment
National Security
Jul 31, 2024
吃瓜直播 Statement on Plea Agreements with Three of the 9/11 Defendants
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. government has today agreed to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty for the 吃瓜直播鈥檚 client, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in exchange for a guilty plea...
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Capital Punishment
National Security
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News & CommentaryApr 2025
National Security
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All. Explore News & Commentary.Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided. -
MaineApr 2025
National Security
Free Speech
Smith V. Trump. Explore Case.Smith v. Trump
On April 11, 2025, the 吃瓜直播 and 吃瓜直播 of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop humanitarian work with the International Criminal Court. -
Washington, D.C.Apr 2025
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center V. Noem. Explore Case.Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem
Immigrants鈥� rights advocates sued the Trump administration on Feb. 12, 2025, for access to immigrants transferred from the United States to detention at Guant谩namo Bay in Cuba under President Trump鈥檚 recent order. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
National Security
Why Sanctioning The Icc Would Be Terrible For Civil Liberties. Explore News & Commentary.Why Sanctioning the ICC Would Be Terrible for Civil Liberties
Sanctions would endanger the investigation of war crimes across the globe and prove a grave blow to human rights.