Citizenfour
This former NSA contractor leaked classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs.
Who is Edward Snowden?
This person is the main detainee focused on in The Mauritanian?
Who is Mohamedou Slahi?
This case was about a U.S. citizen being held as an enemy combatant and whether he could challenge his detention.
What is Hamdi v. Rumsfeld?
This is a written agreement between one or more nations or international organizations.
What is a Treaty?
This act was passed by Congress in 1978 and established procedures for electronic surveillance of threats to U.S. national security.
What is FISA?
Snowden went to this city to meet journalists and divulge information.
What is Hong Kong?
This detention facility is used by the U.S. to hold and interrogate Mohamedou Slahi?
What is Guantanamo Bay?
This case granted Guantanamo Bay detainees to use Habeas Corpus in U.S. courts.
What is Rasul v. Bush?
International law can be formed this way, through practice and belief, not formal written rules.
What is by custom?
This president signed a secret executive order in 2005 allowing the NSA to intercept communications without a warrant.
Who is George W. Bush?
Snowden was charged under this World War 1 law, often used for charging spies.
What is the Espionage Act?
What legal right allows someone that is detained to challenge the legality of their detention?
What is Habeas Corpus?
This case challenged the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program after 9/11, known as the "Terrorist Surveillance Program".
What is ACLU v. NSA?
This core rule of the UN gives countries the right to armed self-defense?
What is Chapter 7, Article 51?
This act has the acronym "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism".
What is the USA Patriot Act?
After leaving Hong Kong, Snowden became stuck in an airport in what country?
What is Russia?
What is Al-Qaeda?
This case said that the way Guantanamo detainees were tried did not follow U.S. law and violated the Geneva Conventions.
What is Hamdan v. Rumsfeld?
This UN Charter rule is connected to the idea of territorial integrity.
What is Chapter 1, Article 2?
This term means "Right to war" and seeks to limit armed force in the conduct of international relations.
What is Jus ad bellum?
This NSA program involved AT&T allegedly providing over 300 million records everyday post 9/11.
What is Stellar Wind?
This defense attorney represented Mohamedou Slahi and challenged the legality of his detention?
Who is Nancy Hollander?
This case involved the government's targeted killing of a U.S. citizen overseas without an indictment, trial, or due process.
What is Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta
This is a major issue with international law, because the UN does not have an army, and there are no world police.
What is lack of enforcement?
This term means "Justice in war" and seeks to moderate how hostilities are conducted.
What is Jus in bello?