Analysis & Commentary
Domestic Counterterrorism
Ends & Means in War Crimes Trials
Aziz Huq and Garth Schofield compare the proceedings and implications of the war crime trials of the former leader of Bosnia’s wartime Serb government, Radovan Karadžić, who is to stand trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague, and Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver, Salim Hamdan, who was convicted by a second-tier military justice system at Guantánamo Bay on August 6, 2008.
Authored by: Aziz Huq and Garth Schofield
– 08/06/08
Justice Scalia’s Dueling Opinions
Scalia’s opinion in the ruling overturning D.C.’s gun ban shows the flaws of his trademark judicial thinking. Especially since he marshaled nearly the reverse logic in his dissent to the Guantanamo detainee case.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 06/30/08
Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds
Analysis of the just-passed “FISA Amendments Act of 2008” on The Nation’s web site.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 06/20/08
Aziz Huq on Boumediene v. Bush and Guantanamo’s Future
Brennan Center’s Aziz Huq appeared on Lawyer 2 Lawyer to discuss the recent SCOTUS decision in Boumediene v. Bush. Radio show posted to the Legal Talk Network on June 19.
– 06/19/08
Review of Frank Lambert’s Religion in American Politics
Religion remains a problem in American politics. But what kind of problem? In 2008, as a new member of the House of Representative, Ellison’s decision to swear the oath on Thomas Jefferson’s personal copy of the Qur’an provoked a predictable uproar....
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 05/15/08
Fitna’s Hateful Crusade
Feared, condemned sight-unseen and praised as a celebration of free speech, Fitna, a seventeen-minute film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders, appeared on the Internet in late March. Fitna is a bombastic, bloody montage linking terrorist violence to Koranic texts.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 04/07/08
Torture and Democracy: A Discussion with Professor Darius Rejali
Listen to Professor Darius Rejali talk about the issues at the center of his book, Torture and Democracy.
– 03/12/08
Future of Guantanamo
Listen to a panel discussion featuring Andy Worthington, Joanne Mariner, Wells Dixon, and Jonathan Hafetz on the timely and important issues revolving around the future of Guantánamo.
– 03/10/08
“The New Counterterrorism: Investigating Terror, Investigating Muslims” in Liberty Under Attack
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 01/10/08
Review of The History of Terrorism From Antiquity to Al Qaeda
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 12/29/07