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The New York Times reports:
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it would prosecute in civilian court a Somali accused of ties to two Islamist militant groups. The decision to fly the man to New York for trial, after interrogating him for months aboard a United States naval vessel, is likely to reignite debate about the detention …

In response to the previous post on the ICC arrest warrants, Tim Work offers the following insightful comments responding to the question of whether the issuance of the warrants are useful in bringing about an end to the conflict:
Not sure it’s terribly relevant. The civil war could end in a few ways, including (i) Gaddafi ceding control to a …

From the ICC Press Release:

Today, 27 June 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued three warrants of arrest respectively for Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi for crimes against humanity (murder and persecution) allegedly committed across Libya from 15 February 2011 until at least 28 February …

Several weeks ago, I had the honor of moderating a panel at Georgetown University entitled, “Financial Terrorism: The Next Global Battlefield.” The panel was sponsored by the DC Metro Club of the Georgetown University Alumni Association and featured Georgetown alum and MSFS professor, H.T. Narea, and Kevin D. Freeman, the author of “Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses.” …

Following up on the previous post about the release of HT Narea’s new book, The Fund, here is a video in which Narea comments on this book and the realities of financial terrorism.

Last evening, it was my honor to moderate a panel discussion on “Financial Terrorism: The Next Global Battlefield.” The panel was sponsored by the DC Metro Club of the Georgetown University Alumni Association and featured Georgetown alum and MSFS professor, H.T. Narea, and Kevin D. Freeman, the author of “Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses.” The panel was organized to celebrate …

My friend and colleague, Erik Voeten posts:
Given that Osama Bin Laden was found relaxing in a posh resort town that happens to house the Pakistani military academy it isn’t much of a stretch for pundits and (foreign) government officials to suggest that the Pakistani military, intelligence services, and/or government officials were complicit in hiding him. I was …

The Blog of the Legal Times reports:
A federal appeals court today reinstated the prosecution of a group of Blackwater security guards charged in Washington with manslaughter and weapons violations for their alleged roles in a shooting in Baghdad that killed more than a dozen civilians.
In December 2009, Judge Ricardo Urbina of U.S. District Court for the District …