Anthony Clark Arend

The Georgetown University Institute for International Law and Politics and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Invite You To A Panel Discussion:
Integrating Disciplines: Cyber Security, Law, and Policy
10:00 AM to Noon
Thursday, October 1, 2009
ICC Auditorium, Georgetown University Main Campus
Please RSVP to iilp@georgetown.edu
featuring:
Ms. Siobhan Gorman
National Security Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Siobhan Gorman
Gen. (Ret.) Michael Hayden
Former Director, …

Screening of War Child
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Capitol Visitor Center – Congressional Auditorium Atrium
RSVP here
Enough, the antigenocide project at the Center for American Progress, invites you to a film screening with honorary co-hosts Representative Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) and Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA), featuring the award-winning documentary War Child. Winner of the 2008 Tribeca Audience Choice …

From Professor Bobby Chesney–
National Security Law in the Upcoming Supreme Court Term
It remains to be seen whether the Court will take any major national security law cases for the upcoming term.  I list a few candidates below based on what already has been considered or is about to be considered by the Court during its cert. conferences. Please let …

And you can ask Evgeny a question about his views. From the TED Blog–
Evgeny Morozov is a contrarian of the online revolution, reminding us all that while the Internet has done a tremendous amount of good — liberating ideas, facts and people — it is just as useful at promoting oppression. His insightful TEDTalk details examples of how regimes are …

With a Hat Tip to Neal Sonnett– Lyle Denniston over at SCOTUSblog brings to our attention a recently-declassified opinion by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in a detainee habeas case, Al Rabiah v. U.S. During the course of the opinion Judge Kollar-Kotelly makes it clear that the evidence supporting that the argument that Al Rabiah should be detained indefinitely was simply insufficient. …

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                         September 24, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SUMMIT
ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
9:36 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT:  The 6191st meeting of the Security Council is called to order.  The provisional agenda for this meeting is before the Council in document S/Agenda/6191, which reads, …

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The text of the address provides on the White House website is below:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
______________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                         September 23, 2009

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
10:10 A.M. EDT
THE …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
AG
(202) 514-2007
TDD (202) 514-1888
Attorney General Establishes New State Secrets Policies and Procedures
Attorney General Eric Holder today issued a memorandum instituting new Department of Justice policies and procedures in order to ensure greater accountability in the government’s assertion of the state secrets privilege in litigation.
“This policy is an important step toward rebuilding the public’s trust in …