national security

International Law, Torture and "24"

March 20, 2012 18:35

Knut Fournier has published Torture Justification in ‘24’: Aesthetics of the Bush AdministrationIn the context of the War on Terror, fiction is a support of ideologies for the Bush administration. The TV series '24' resorts on all legal justifications of torture made by the Bush administration, and...

DC Circuit Judges understand Convertino's appeal

Richard Renner
March 12, 2012 19:19

Attorney Stephen Kohn today presented oral argument on behalf of former federal prosecutor and whistleblower Richard Convertino (pictured).  Convertino is seeking reversal of an order issued last year by Chief U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, DC.  That order dismissed...

U.S. Air Force receives Whistleblower Retaliation Report from Special Counsel

Richard Renner
February 01, 2012 08:50

This week, the U.S Office of Special Counsel (OSC) presented their report regarding the allegations made by four whistleblowers about retaliation at U.S Port Mortuary in Dover, Delaware's Air Force Base. The report reviewed events that occurred over a 17 months period in 2009 and 2010. It concluded...

‘Has the US Defense Department killed a million Americans since 2001?’

Michael Froomkin
October 21, 2011 04:01

John Quiggin crunches the numbers for us and puts the actual estimate of foregone domestic health and safety due to spending on armaments and war at somewhere between 100,000 and 1,000,000 lives in the last decade: The numbers are quite … Continue reading →John Quiggin crunches the...

Senate Committee marks up and approves a weak WPEA

Richard Renner
October 19, 2011 15:44

This morning, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) marked up and approved S. 743, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Ace (WPEA). The WPEA has been pending for years. Its expressed purpose is to strengthen protections for  whistleblowers. As sponsor Sen....