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                               Interesting Articles & Reports:

• Malawer, "Reagan's Law & Foreign Policy." (Harvard).

  • "Coerced Treaties." (Vanderbilt). 

  • "Withdrawal of UNEF." (Cornell).

  • "Vietnam & the Constitution." (Pittsburgh).

  • "Supreme Court & International Law." (2004). 

                                                            [2001 - 2005]

• "Fighting Terrorism." (U.S. Dept. of Justice).

• Flynn, "Home Front Security." Foreign Affairs (Sept. / Oct. 2004).

• Silliman, "Teaching National Security Law." (2005).

• "Lawsuits Against State Supporters of Terrorism." (CRS April 2005).

• "Patriot Act Redux." New York Times (Editorial 5.1.05).

• "Amnesty International Annual Report -- United States." (2005).

• "Guantanamo Bay -- Un-American." New York Times (Editorial 6.5.05).

• "Who We Are (Law, Congress & War Prisoners)." New York Times (Editorial 6.18.05).

• " The War President." New York Times (June 24, 2005).

• "Regaining Respect." Washington Post (June 27, 2005).

• "Tortured Arguments." Washington Post (July 10, 2005).

• Malawer, "Global Trade & Terrorism." Virginia Lawyer (July 2005).

• Wippman, "Do New Wars Call for New Laws?" Cornell Law Forum (2005).

• "Proposed New U.K. Anti-Terrorism Measures." New York Times (8.6.05).

• "Cultural Geography." New York Times (8.10.05).

• "American Exceptionalism or Exemptionism -- Double Standard?" Financial Times (8.11.05).

• "Britain & 'Long Arm' of  U.S. Extradition." Financial Times (August 14, 2005).

• 'U.S. & U.K. -- Police & Terrorism." Financial Times (August 17, 2005).

• "Preemption -- A Softer Way." Washington Post (August 21, 2005).

• "New Inspector General Report (CIA) on 9/11." New York Times (Editorial 8.28.05).

• "Hamdan Case -- Appeal -- Roberts Recusal." Wall Street Journal (August 30, 2005).

• "Posse Comitatus Act (1878) & Hurricane Katrina." Wall Street Journal (Sept. 3, 2005).

  • Union troops in the South (Civil War & Reconstruction.)

• "Katrina -- Federal-State & Insurrection Act." (New York Times 9.9.05).

• "Law & Foreign Policy -- John Yoo." Wall Street Journal (9.13.05).

• "National Security Strategy for the 21st Century." (Center for American Progress, 2005).

• "Terrorists & Military Commissions." (GAO 2001).

• "Section-by-Section Analysis of Patriot Act." (GAO 2001).

• "Legal Aspects of the Use of Force." (GAO 2001).

• "War Powers Issue and Presidential Compliance." (GAO 2004).

• "Use of Federal Troops for Disaster Relief." (GAO 2005).

• "Patriot Act Reauthorization in Brief." (GAO 2005).

• "Clearer Detainee Rules Proposed by Senate." Wall Street Journal (10.06.05).

• "Intelligence Violations." Washington Post (Oct. 24, 2005).

• "McCain Amendment -- Ban on Torture for Detainees." New York Times (10.25.05).

  • "McCain Amendment & Cheney." New York Times (Editorial 10.26.05)

• "President's War Powers -- Folly?" New York Times (Op-Ed 10.31.05).

• "Gulf of Tonkin -- Mistake? New York Times (10.31.05).

• "CIA & Secret Prisons." Washington Post (Nov. 2, 2005).

• "FBI's Secret Scrutiny (National Security Letters)." Washington Post (Nov. 6, 2005)

• "Supreme Court to Review Hamad Case (Military Tribunals & Enemy Combatants)." Wall Street Journal (11.7.05); "Justices to Rule on Challenge to U.S. Tribunals." New York Times (Nov. 8, 2005).

• "Supreme Court to Review Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (as to Criminal Cases)." New York Times (Nov. 8. 2005).

• "Supreme Court & Foreign Affairs." Washington Post (11.12.05).

• "International & Foreign Law & the Supreme Court." (Speech by Attorney General Gonzales, U.S. Dept. of Justice, November 9, 2005).

• "Padilla Indictment Avoids S. Ct. Case." (WSJ Online 11.22.05).

• "Prosecution, Not Torture (U.S. & U.K. Practice)." Financial Times (11.22.05).

• "Torture -- American Style." Washington Post (11.27.05).

• "Secret Prisons & International Law." Financial Times (11.29.05).

• "Outsourcing Torture." Financial Times (12.3.05).

• ACLU Files Lawsuit against Tenet for Torture & Rendition. (video clip) (12.6.05); 

  • "Rendition -- Torture Suit Filed." New York Times (12.7.05).

  • "Secretary Rice & Rendition." New York Times (12.07.05); Rice, "New Torture Policy? New York Times (12.7.05).

  • "English High Court Rules Out Torture." NYTOnline (12.8.05).

• "U.S. & International Law -- Circumventing Law on Torture." Financial Times (12.9.05).

• "Secret Bush Executive Order & Domestic Spying (Warrantless Wiretaps by the NSA)." New York Times (12.16.05).

• "Senate Blocks Patriot Act." New York Times (12.16.05).

• "McCain Amendment -- Bush Caves In." New York Times (12.16.05).

• "Extraordinary Executive Power." Financial Times (12.21.05).

• "FISA vs. the Constitution." Wall Street Journal (12.28.05).

                                                                [2006 - 2007]

• "DOJ Legal Support of NSA Surveillance." (DOJ Report 1.19.06).

  • Documents Concerning NSA Wiretaps (FindLaw) (includes recent reports and litigation).

• "Dept. Justice to Create New National Security Division." (DOJ Press Release March 13, 2006).

• "Potential CIA Liability for Torture." New York Times (9.16.06).

• Princeton National Security Report (2006).

  • Princeton Working Papers on National Security.

• International Law & National Security (Special Issue of the Virginia Lawyer December 2006).

• Malawer, National Security -- Trade Updates (VSB Panel 2006).

• Malawer, "National Security & Global Mergers." (VSB 2006).

• Malawer, ed., "National Security & International Law" (VSB 2006).

• "Authorization of Use of Military Force in Response to 9/11 Attacks." (CRS 2006).

• "Declarations of War & Authorizations for the Use of Force." (CRS 2006).

• "Contractor Fraud in Iraq -- Custer Battles." Washington Post (Feb. 9, 2007).

• "Canadian Courts Restrict Terror Law." New York Times (2.24.07).

• "Supreme Court Reverses Self -- To Hear Detainee Case." International Herald Tribune (9.2.07).

• "Jack Goldsmith -- Conscience of a Conservative." New York Times Magazine (9.9.07).

• "Secret Endorsement of Torture." New York Times (10.4.07).

• "Blackwater & Lawlessness." Financial Times (10.4.07). 

• "Contractors -- Legal Loopholes in Iraq-- Editorial."  New York Times (11.05.07)

• "Citi of Arabia." Wall Street Journal (11.29.07).

• "For Justice, Another Day on Detainees." New York Times (12.03.07).

• "Torture Tapes -- Editorial." Washington Post (12.08.07).

• "New Case to be Decided by S. Ct. -- U.S. Citizens Held in Iraq." Washington Post (12.08.07).

•  "Chinese Investment Fund Chief Warns Against Protectionism under Guise of National Security." Financial Times (12.11.07).

• "CIA Tapes -- Possible Prosecutions -- Interrogations & Torture." New York Times (12.13.07).

• "Private Security Contractors under Domestic & International Law." (12.26.07).

• "Military Bill Veto & Private Suits Against Iraq." New York Times (12.29.07).

                                                                  [2008]

• Iranian Trade Sanctions (GAO Report, December 2007).

• "U.S. Extends China-3Com Probe." Financial Times (1.3.08).

• "Three International Cases Pending Before S. Ct."  Wall Street Journal (1.07.08).

• "Terrorist Tort Travesty." Wall Street Journal (1.19.08).

• "Liability Insurance for CIA." New York Times (1.20.08).

• "Oversea Investors Buy Aggressively in U.S." New York Times (1.20.08)

• "Waiving Goodbye to Hegemony." New York Times (1.28.08).

• "Listening to the Enemy." Wall Street Journal (1.28.08).

• "Guantanamo Detainees Charged." Wall Street Journal Online (2.11.08).

• "Military Tribunals Not the Way to Go." Financial Times (2.12.08).

• "Huawei - 3Com (Bain Deal) & National Security Concerns." Financial Times (2.12.08).

• "Civil Suits Against Palestinian & War Against Terrorism." Washington Post (2.12.08).

• "Chinese Economic Espionage -- Kenneth Wainstein." Washington Post (2.15.08).

• "Trade & Security -- Economic Espionage -- China." Wall Street Journal (2.19.08).

• "CFIUS -- Foreign Buyer Beware -- U.S. Security Concerns Block China's 3Com Deal." New York Times (2.21.08); "Huawei-3Com Finally Collapses." Financial Times (3.22.008).

• "Rendition Flights -- U.S. Mislead London." Financial Times (2.22.08).

• "Professional Responsibility & Torture Memos -- DOJ Investigates." New York Times (2.23.08).

• "Sovereign Wealth Funds -- U.S. Wants Scrutiny." Wall Street Journal (2.26.08).

• "Sovereign Wealth Funds and CFIUS / FINSA. " (Deputy USTR Speech 2.26.08).

• "National Security & Law Suits -- State Secrets Protection Act." Washington Post (3.6.08).

• "Intelligence Bill Restricting CIA Torture Vetoed -- Bush Legacy Affirmed." New York Times (March 9, 2008).

• "The U.S., Singapore & Abu Dhabi Agree to Sovereign Wealth Fund Principles." (Treasury News release 3.20.08).

• "Prisoner Case -- Munaf Case Before the Supreme Court." Wall Street Journal (March 21, 2008); "Iraq Detention Case Heads to High Court." Washington Post (March 23, 2008). 

• "Justices Rule Against Bush on Death Penalty Case."  New York Times (March 25, 2008). Medellin v. Texas (Opinion of the S. Ct. , Syllabus, March 25, 2008). Medellin v. Texas (2008) (Edited). 

• Defense Dept. official pleads guilty to espionage charge involving China. "Espionage Plea Involving China." (USDOJ Press Release -- March 31, 2008).

• "Bush May Compromise on Spy Bill (FISA)." Wall Street Journal (April 1, 2008).

• "Torture Memo #2." Washington Post (4.2.08); Torture Memo (Pt. 1) (Pt.2); "Permissible Assaults." Washington Post (April 6, 2008); "Counterterrorism, Laws & Constitution." Washington Post (4.6.08).

• Export Controls & UAE." New York Times (4.2.08).

• "S. Ct. -- Habeas Corpus -- Omar & Munaf." New York Times (Editorial 4.07.08)

• "Homeland Security -- Border Fence -- Delegation. of Authority." New York Times (4.8.08) ("suspension of laws" to DHS).

• "State Divestment Laws & Terrorism -- Slowdown" Wall Street Journal ( 4.15.08).

• "Torture Sessions -- Editorial." New York Times (4.20.08); "Six Letters to the Editors in Response to Editorial." New York Times (4.23.08).

• "Military Analyst, Role of DOD & TV Analysis." New York Times (4.20.08).

• "New Proposed CFIUS Rules." Washington Post (4.22.08).

• "Supreme Court -- New Case -- Antidumping & National Security." Washington Post (4.22.08).

• "Lautenberg Amendment -- Victims & Terrorist Assets." New York Times (4.22.08).

• "Foreign Law & First Amendment -- Public Debate on International Terrorism." Wall Street Journal (4.30.08).

• "Iraqi Sues U.S. Contractors (CACI)  in U.S. Court for Torture in Iraq." Wall Street Journal (5.5.08).

• "Blackwater Contract Renewed -- Various Law Suits." New York Times (5.10.08).

• "Supreme Court Fails to Review Apartheid Case & Goes Forward (Alien Tort Stat.)." New York Tines (May 13, 2008),

• "Supreme Court Rebukes Again the President -- War Powers & Detainees." New York Times (June 15, 2008).

• "FISA Amendments Act 2008 -- Fact Sheet." Wall Street Journal (6.20.08);  'Editorial," Washington Post (June 20, 2008). 

• "Domestic Spy Powers." Wall Street Journal (6.20.08).

• "S. Ct. -- Munaf Case -- Editorial." Washington Post (6.23.08); "Bush Misreads the Law." Wall Street Journal (6.26.08).

• "Broken Laws, Broken Lives." (Physicians for Human Rights 2008). (Report)

• " EU - U.S. Private Data Agreement Near." (New York Times 6.28.08).

• "Next Supreme Court Case -- Bagram Air Base (Afghanistan)." Washington Post (6.29.08).

• "New Supreme Court Case -- Whales & National Security." New York Times (7.2.08).

• "Senate Approves New FISA Legislation." New York Times (July 11, 2008).

• "Cyberattacks and Act of War -- Legal Debate." Wall Street Journal (August 14, 2008).

• "CyberWar & International Law." Financial Times (August 21, 2008).

• "British Verdict Thwarts U.K. Prosecutors in Transatlantic Terrorism Case." Wall Street Journal (Sept. 9, 2008).

• "Draft of Proposed New FBI Guidelines (DOJ)." Wall Street Journal (9.13.08).

• "When Judges Makes Foreign Policy." (September 28, 2008).

• "New US Dept. of Justice FBI Guidelines." (USDOJ 10.3.08).

• "New US Dept. of Justice FBI Guidelines -- Memo of Attorney General." (USDOJ 10.3.08).

• "Supreme Court Rules for Navy in Sonar Case." New York Times (11.13.08).

• "Democratic Pressure to Restore the Rule of Law." New York Times (November 14, 2008).

• "Borderless Borders (Piracy)." Financial Times (11.22.08).

• "Private Contractor Liability Stripped under SOFA." New York Times (12.01.08).

• "New Supreme Court Case -- Marri (Detention of Lawful Person)." New York Times (12.06.08).

• "New Supreme Court Case -- Iqbal (Liability of Officials)." New York Times (12.11.08).

• "Iraq Claims Litigation (UN SC Resolution & Bush EO)." New York Times (12.11.08).

                                                                        [2009]

• "Responsibility to Contain." Foreign Affairs (Jan. / Feb. 2009).

• "End of Bush's War on Terrorism." Washington Post (1.23.09).

• "Spanish Courts, Bush Official and War Criminals." New York Times (3.39.09). 

• "New Dept. of Justice Investigation / Possible Prosecution of Abuse Cases." New York Times Online (8.24.09).

• "Inspector General -- CIA  Report 2004." (CIA Released 8.24.09).

• "Statement of Attorney General -- Special Counsel -- Interrogation of Detainees." USDOJ (August 24, 2009).

• "Letter of CIA Chiefs to Stop USDOJ Investigations." (Sept. 18, 2009) New York Times Online (9.19.09).

• "Patriot Act Renewal Fight." New York Times (Sept. 20, 2009).

• "Change in State Secrets Policy by Obama." Washington Post (9.23.09); "New Justice Dept. State Secrets Policies." USDOJ News Release (9.23.09).

• "Administration Won't Seek New Detention System (Habeas Corpus Relief)." Washington Post (9.24.09).

• "New State Secrets Policies Established by Dept. of Justice." USDOJ (9.23.09); Editorial (Need Legislation), New York Times (9.29.09).

• "Military Commissions Act 2009 ( Bill) -- Detainees on Trial." Washington Post (10.15.09).

• "U.K. Court Decision on Torture & U.S. Documents." Wall Street Journal (10.17.09). (See also "New U.K. Supreme Court." Wall Street Journal (10.17.09).

• Mukasey, "No Civilian Courts for Detainee Trials." Wall Street Journal (10.19.09).

• "New Supreme Court Detainee Case -- Uighurs." New York Times (10.20.09).

• "Maher Arar Case Rejected by 2d Circuit (Extraordinary Rendition)." Mail & Globe (11.3.09). (Full court decision) (Edited decision).

• "Italy Convicts CIA Operatives in Rendition Case." Wall Street Journal (10.5.09).

• Editorial -- "A National Disgrace (Rendition & Torture)." New York Times (11/11/09).

• "Attorney General Announces Trial of Detainees in New York." USDOJ News (11.13.09).  Editorial -- "A Return to American Justice." New York Times (11.14.09). "Detainees to be Tried in Federal Courts." New York Times (11.14.09).

• "War Crimes -- International Criminal Court." Wall Street Journal (11.27.09).

• "Supreme Court, Abuse Photos & FOIA." New York Times (Editorial 12.5.09).

• "Obama's Nobel Prize Speech ('Just War')." White House (Press Release 12.10.09)

• "U.S. - Russia Cyberwarfare Negotiations." New York Times (12.13.09).

• "Credit Suisse Agrees to Forfeit $536 Million for Violation of IEEPA."  USDOJ News (12.16.09).

• The Obama administration is struggling to balance national security concerns  with foreign investment in U.S. firms.  "Questions on Security Mar Foreign Investments." New York Times (12.18.09). 

                                                                                          [2010]

• "Who Declares War?" (Yoo & Wills), New York Times (January 24, 2010).

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