Analysis & Commentary
Domestic Counterterrorism
Safe While Secure
Brennan Center’s Aziz Huq speaks at CAIR-NY’s event on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 6:30 pm.
– 10/17/08
The War on Crime as Precursor to the War on Terror
Aziz Huq and Chris Muller discuss the similarities of the 40-year-old “war on crime” and the current “war on terror,” coming to a sobering conclusion about the most recent use of this war paradigm.
Authored by: Aziz Huq and Christopher Muller
– Fall 2008
FBI Seeks Sweeping New Powers
Lame-duck administrations with abysmal poll ratings and no legislative agenda attract little attention. But to ignore the Bush Administration at this point is perilous: in its waning days, the Administration is turning the Federal Bureau of Investigation into a domestic intelligence agency with sweeping powers to profile and spy on law-abiding Americans.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 08/22/08
Ends & Means in War Crimes Trials
Unpacking two war crimes trials presently taking place—former leader of Bosnia’s wartime Serb government, Radovan Karadžić, and Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver, Salim Hamdan.
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
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
War of Words
The latest front in the Bush Administration’s “war on terror” lies far from the wilds of Waziristan--it’s on the tongues of American bureaucrats and diplomats. It is a battle being waged in the current season of presidential politicking, with real consequences for civil liberties and national security.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 05/22/08
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