Jury Selected for Terror Case
The trial of radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, the latest alleged terrorist to be tried in the federal court system rather than via military commission, is rapidly moving forward in New York....
View ArticleHouse Committee Earmarks $69 Million for New Secret Prison at Guantanamo
The House Armed Services Committee (“HASC”) released its spending bill, the National Defense Authorization Bill, this past week, reserving a total of $93 million for new construction at Guantanamo Bay...
View ArticleCIA to End Undercover Vaccination Programs
Over a year after public health officials wrote to President Obama in anger that the United States had been using “sham vaccination campaign[s]” as a front for espionage, a White House official has...
View ArticleBlinded Soldier, Widow Sue Former GTMO Prisoner
It was reported earlier this week by the Associated Press that an American soldier blinded in an Afghanistan blast and the widow of another soldier have filed suit against Omar Khadr, the Canadian man...
View ArticleJust how much should the United States be doing to “Bring Back Our Girls”?
For the past few weeks, anyone who has opened a newspaper, turned on a television, or logged on to a social media account has come across the recent “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign. The campaign, a...
View ArticleFreedom for Sgt. Bergdahl, At a Price
In an opinion piece published in today’s edition of The New York Times, the newspaper’s editorial board explored the foreign policy concerns raised by the Bergdahl prisoner swap, “starting with...
View ArticleBergdahl Brought Home in Prisoner Exchange
Over the weekend, news broke that the United States government had made the decision to exchange five Guantanamo Bay prisoners for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl roughly five years after his capture by...
View ArticleMark Denbeaux Interviewed by “Harper’s” re: the Center’s Newest Report
As many of you already know, Transparent Policy is the blog of the Seton Hall Center for Policy and Research, a student research center under the direction of Professor Mark Denbeaux. In the wake of...
View ArticleA New Secrecy Issue at GTMO
A new secrecy issue has arisen during the Military Commission hearings in Guantanamo. Judge Pohl, presiding over the Military Commission prosecution of Al Nashiri, alleged to be the Mastermind behind...
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More Government Secrecy in Detainee Trials at Guantanamo Bay
Later this week, the trial of an alleged al-Qaeda bomber and current Guantanamo Bay detainee suspected of orchestrating the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole will continue, and one of the first items on the...
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ACLU Sues Obama Administration over NSA Surveillance
Last week, The Guardian reported that under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, the NSA has been acquiring the metadata for every phone call (wireless and landline) made or received by customers of Verizon...
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Chemical Weapons Use by Syrian Government Leads to Direct U.S. Military Aid...
Syria, a country scarred by decades of violent repression, erupted into civil war in mid-2011. Students were tortured for anti-government sentiments and live ammunition was routinely fired into crowds...
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Bluffdale, UT – Home of the NSA Data Center
Outside Salt Lake City, nestled on the outskirts of Bluffdale, lies the Utah Data Center, the new home for the NSA’s expanding information stockpile. The building, taking two years to construct and...
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UPDATE: NSA Whistleblower Comes Forward with More Accusations
Since The Guardian broke the NSA surveillance story twelve days ago, much information has come to light about both the PRISM program and Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee and whistleblower. In...
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Trials for Alleged 9/11 Plotters Resume at Guantanamo Bay
Lost in the shuffle during a week where the NSA scandal has dominated headlines is more news coming out of Guantanamo Bay. On Monday, the government released the identity of Guantanamo’s “indefinite...
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Guantanamo Detainees Request Independent Medical Services
Last month, 13 Guantanamo detainees wrote an open letter requesting independent medical examinations and advice. The detainees, who are using their hunger strike as a means of communication and to gain...
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Government Background Checks for Security Clearance Now in Question
In 2011, the government contractor USIS performed a background check on Edward Snowden, the whistleblower on the NSA scandal. It was presumably this background check that gave Snowden high-level...
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U.S. Dons the Cape: The Quest for Syrian Peace
As Americans swarmed to theaters to see the new Superman movie, President Obama once again flew to Ireland for the G-8 summit to try and save the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin clung to his...
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We’re Moving!
We’re moving! Please visit us at our new home: www.transparentpolicy.org It’s still all of the great Center for Policy and Research analysis that you know and love, but with a fancy new name and, soon,...
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