National security law in the news : a guide for journalists, scholars, and policymakers / edited by Paul Rosenzweig, Timothy J. McNulty, and Ellen Shearer.
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Description
xiii, 412 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note
"A joint project of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security and the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University"--P. [iv] of cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Separation of powers and national security -- The First Amendment and national security -- U.S. government secrecy and classification -- The role of international law in domestic courts -- Defining terrorism under international law -- The laws of war : regulating the use of force -- Secret operations : covert action and military activities -- Piracy -- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea -- Targeted killings and the law -- Military commissions -- Courts-martial and other military legal proceedings -- U.S.-based intelligence : the law and organizational structure -- National security investigations -- Electronic surveillance and cybersecurity -- Material support of terrorism : tool for public safety or recipe for overreaching? -- Extraterritorial issues : investigation and prosecution of national security cases -- Data mining : a primer -- Exports of surveillance technology to repressive regimes -- The use of the military in the homeland -- Border security and the law -- Airport screening and scanning -- Responding to biological attacks -- Editors.