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The following e-mail was sent by Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia to the Georgetown Community this afternoon
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is with great pleasure that I write to announce that, in close consultation with Provost James J. O’Donnell, I have appointed Carol J. Lancaster as Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, effective immediately.  As you know, …

The Department of Defense has just released the 2010 edition of the Manual for Military Commissions. It can be found here in pdf.
HT: Professor Bobby Chesney, who highlights provisions on hearsay and material support, excepted below:
SECTION VIII
HEARSAY

Rule 801. Definitions
The following definitions apply under this rule:
(a) Statement. A “statement” is (1) an oral or written assertion or (2) nonverbal conduct …

From the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas
ALLEGED HEAD OF THE QUINTERO DRUG TRAFFICKING ENTERPRISE EXTRADITED TO U.S. FROM MEXICO
Eight-year battle by defendant to avoid extradition ends with one way trip to San Antonio
(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) – Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 68, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has been extradited to Texas to face charges of four …

In December of 2009, a previous post noted the death of the Giorgio Carbone, the man who saw himself as the “Prince” of the Italian town of Seborga. Today, The Telegraph reports that Carbone’s successor has been elected:
Marcello Menegatto, 31, was elected monarch of the “kingdom” of Seborga by a majority of the territory’s 360 inhabitants.
He has been dubbed The …

My friend and colleague Jim Vreeland writes over at The Vreelander about the tragedy of the Greek bail out:
So here it is: the long-awaited, much anticipated bail out of Greece. Was there really ever any doubt? I guess there was a little – that’s why Greek bond yields went up. But the break-up of the Eurozone? Com’on – wasn’t gonna …

The AP reports:
The United States extradited Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator, to France on Monday, clearing the way for him to face money laundering charges.Mr. Noriega, who had been in a federal prison in Miami, was put on an Air France flight to Paris, according to a Department of Justice official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because …

In case you missed this, David Ignatius has a very laudatory piece on CIA Director Leon Panetta in today’s Washington Post. Ignatius writes:
CIA Director Leon Panetta has a new trophy in his seventh-floor office at Langley: It’s the fuse from a Chinese-made rocket that he helped disable (with a CIA technician hovering close by) during a visit to an agency …

The Center for Peace & Security Studies

invite you to a presentation on

Civilian Devastation in Peacekeeping Operations

featuring the authors

Dr. Donald Daniel
Professor, Security Studies Program
and
Tromila Wheat

Research Assistant and M.A. Candidate,
Security Studies Program

April 30, 2010
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Mortara Center Conference Room
3600 N Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007

Please join Dr. Donald Daniel and Ms. Tromila Wheat as they present the findings of their …