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By Katherine Hughes Syracuse Peace Council Newsletter June 2008

The April 2008 Peace Newsletter started a much-needed discussion about Syracuse University and its National Security programs. I would like to draw attention to one occasion involving Syracuse University Law School, the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT), and local Doctor Rafil Dhafir. (more…)

I’ll be traveling for the next 4 weeks and this site won’t be updated. There is a wealth of information here and I encourage people to browse the site.

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Adam Liptak NYTimes 02/19/08

Jeffrey Breinholt, who is on leave from a counterterrorism post at the Justice Department, has been studying what he calls “an undervalued source of strategic intelligence about the threats we face from radical Islam within the U.S.” He has been looking at court decisions. (more…)

By Katherine Hughes

I was disappointed in the “Sophie Scholl: The Last Days.” The story of the White Rose Society is, of course, very powerful, but this movie did not do it justice. (more…)

The government has asked for, and recevied, an extension to filing a response to the appeals brief submitted by Dr. Dhafir’s lawyers, Peter Goldberger and Barry Boss. The response will now be submitted on April 9th, 2008. The appeal team will have two weeks to respond. These are all the briefs that will be submitted and, after a few months, a date for oral arguments will be set.

See here for some more information about the appeal process.

The Eight O’Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Fighting the Lawless World of Guantanamo Bay
By Clive Stafford Smith (more…)

(Letter to the Post-Standard drawing attention to the fact that the last paragraph of Denis Halliday’s letter was omitted from publication. Published, 3/04/08.)

To the Editor:

I was very pleased to see that you published a letter from Denis Halliday, former U.N. assistant secretary general (more…)

I’m traveling for the next two weeks and will not update this website. However, there are many interesting posts and articles on the site and I encourage you to browse.

For an overview of how the site works see: About This Site.

Katherine