From the Blogs
No Fly List: Govt Offers New Redress Procedures: The
government will no longer refuse to confirm or deny that persons who
are prevented from boarding commercial aircraft have been placed on the
“No Fly List,” and such persons will have new opportunities to challenge
the denial of boarding, the Department of Justice announced in a court
filing. Until now, the Government refused to acknowledge whether or not
an individual traveler had been placed on the No Fly List and, if so,
what the basis for such a designation was. That is no longer the
case. The new redress procedures were developed in response to legal
challenges to the No Fly List procedures, which argued that the
procedures were constitutionally deficient or otherwise improper.
Special Operations Beyond War and Peace: “Power
and influence are now diffusing to a range of actors, both state and
non-state, who have not traditionally wielded it,” said Gen. Joseph L.
Votel, Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), last
month. The comparative advantage of U.S. Special Operations Forces, Gen.
Votel told Congress in his 2015 SOCOM posture statement on March 18,
“is built upon three pillars: 1) persistent engagement, 2) enabling
partners, and 3) discreet action.” U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF)
consist of over 69,000 operators and support personnel deployed to more
than 80 countries around the world, the SOCOM posture statement said
(compared to “over 75 countries” in last year’s statement). They include
Army Special Forces, Navy SEALs, Air Commandos, Rangers, Night Stalker
helicopter crews and Marine Raiders.
Islamic State Financing and More from CRS:
Secrecy News has obtained recently released CRS reports on topics such
as efforts to achieve a nuclear agreement with Iran, Islamic state
financing and U.S. restrictions on travel to Cuba.
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