Not much here, but noted in passing.

What’s a fair trial and how much due process does it require?

In the Hamdan case last June, four of the justices who voted against the commissions stressed that the president could always go back to Congress to get the authority he wanted.

The issue, then, is more about the court of public opinion: how a trial, without the customary procedural rights, would be perceived in the United States and abroad.

In the first World Trade Center bombing case in 1993, prosecutors had to give the defense a list of 200 unindicted co-conspirators. The list was delivered to bin Laden and was later found during the investigation of the African embassy bombings.

A Terror Trial, With or Without Due Process

Al Gore presents Burning Man.

TV FREE BURNING MAN

The top American commander in Iraq has said Iraqi forces will be able to take over the country's security by 2008.

Gen. George Casey told reporters Wednesday that the Iraqi Army and police should be able to fight the insurgency by then, with very little coalition support.

General Predicts Iraq Security Handover by 2008

As I asked yesterday, if killing one thing you know produces three things you don't, are you really making progress?

Mr. Zarqawi's network lost no time in vowing to carry on. And from the experience of the war so far, it seems at least an even bet that an octopus-like Qaeda network, seemingly able to grow new tentacles to replace those it loses, will continue to bedevil the Americans, fed by a generation of young Muslim men from the Middle East, North Africa and Asia who are ready to travel down the chain of mosques and safehouses that ends, often, with a suicide bombing in Iraq.

Most Wanted Now: War-Weary Sunnis

"For those who were waging holy war for the sake of al-Zarqawi, al-Zarqawi is dead. But for those who were fighting for the sake of God, God is alive and eternal."

Fighting for the Sake of God

"He is probably the first to spell out a doctrine for a decentralised global jihad," said Brynjar Lia, a counterterrorism researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, who is writing a book on Nasar.

"In my humble opinion, he is the best theoretician among the jihadi ideologues and strategists out there. Nobody is as systematic and comprehensive in their analysis as he is. His brutal honesty and self-criticism is unique in jihadi circles."

Revealed: the mastermind behind al-Qaeda's plan to wage global jihad

There can be little doubt that Abu Mus‘ab al-Suri has played an important role in international jihadist terrorism, if not as an active operative, then at least in terms of providing practical training, and preparing jihadist terrorists with the theoretical and intellectual foundation for their violent campaigns. The centrality of al-Suri in the jihadist movement in recent years highlights the importance of uncovering his biography: where does he come from, what is his political and ideological background, how did he become involved in al-Qaida, what are his contributions to and role in the jihadist movement over the past decade, and what can his life-story tell us about al-Qaida and global jihadism today?

The following paper will shed light on Abu Mus‘ab al-Suri’s biography and give a brief glimpse into his most recent writings.

The al-Qaida Strategist Abu Mus‘ab al-Suri: A Profile

Back in 2004, Stephen Kappes left his job at the Central Intelligence Agency as Deputy Director for Operations after a personnel disagreement with then Director Porter Goss. But in the spy game, as in life, things can change quickly. Now Goss has resigned as director and Kappes, a respected CIA veteran, has agreed to return to Langley to serve under the new director, Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden.

Kappes Will Return as CIA Deputy

Only a paranoid solipsist could feel threatened by the calling analysis program.

Information Please

Not much good news trickles out of Iraq these days.

The Haditha Factor - Council on Foreign Relations