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18 Jun 2011, 5:35 am
Charlie Savage writes that President Obama took the unusual step of overruling the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and the top counsel for the Defense Department in order to conclude that the U.S.'s participation in the war in Libya did not amount to "hostilities or "imminent hostilities. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 9:19 pm
(John Elwood) As Charlie Savage notes twice in the article Jonathan discusses below, the President and the Attorney General have the authority, in the hierarchical Executive Branch, to overrule the advice of OLC. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 8:38 pm
Charlie Savage has the amazing story that President Obama “rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided that he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war in Libya without Congressional authorization. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 7:47 pm
"2 Top Lawyers Lost to Obama in Libya War Policy Debate": Charlie Savage will have this article Saturday in The New York Times. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 7:38 pm
Adler) The NYT’s Charlie Savage has confirmed that the President overruled the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel’s opinion of what constitutes “hostilities” under the War Powers Resolution, preferring instead the conclusion reached by the White House Counsel’s office and the State Department’s Harold Koh. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 9:15 am
My analysis of the War Powers Resolution yesterday assumed, based on Charlie Savage’s story, that the only kinetic fire that U.S. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 6:27 am
The New York Times’ Charlie Savage reports on Senator Mitch McConnell’s argument with the Justice Department over the two Iraqis being held in Kentucky. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 9:25 am
The Charlie Savage story notes: “It was not clear whether the Justice Department had endorsed the White House’s interpretation of hostilities. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 5:38 am
Other important tidbits can be found in this Charlie Savage story. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 5:02 am
More background from Charlie Savage here. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 3:13 pm
As Charlie Savage reports in the NYT, the Obama Administration has taken the latter course, telling Congress that this is not the sort of operation covered by the Act. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 12:46 pm
Charlie Savage at the NY Times has just reported that the White House is today providing Congress with information on ongoing operations in Libya, including an explanation of the Administration’s position as to why the continuation of the operation beyond 60 days does not violate the War Powers Resolution. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 11:41 am
At this hour, I am participating in a briefing for the House Armed Service Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations concerning transfers of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 1:05 am
Original Article 06/12/2011 By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents, allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 9:36 am
The New York Times on June 12, 2011 published the following By Charlie Savage: Valerie E. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 4:52 am
Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds by Charlie Savage: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents, allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention. [read post]
13 May 2011, 12:15 pm
Charlie Savage informs me that a website, Lawyer News and Information, lifted the entire text of my Newt Gingrich post and republished it without my permission. [read post]
10 May 2011, 8:02 am
" In the New York Times, Scott Shane and Charlie Savage's detailed account concludes that torture "played a small role at most in identifying Bin Laden’s trusted courier and exposing his hideout. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 11:27 am
Updating this ILB entry from April 16th, Charlie Savage of the NY Times, who wrote the book on signing statements,... [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 7:42 am
"In a Reversal, Military Trials for 9/11 Cases": Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times. [read post]
