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NATO at its borderlines, the coldwar has started 2015! – Video

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Smaller NATO Mission Has Big Job to Train Afghan Army in Time – Video

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Smaller NATO Mission Has Big Job to Train Afghan Army in Time
U.S. Army Major Eric Lightfoot, serving at a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan, knows NATO has its work cut out to prepare local forces to go it alone against Taliban insurgents once its...

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Let’s Play Sub Command: Seawolf (27) Escort NATO SAG (1/?) – Video

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Let #39;s Play Sub Command: Seawolf (27) Escort NATO SAG (1/?)
A SAG consisting of two Ticonderoga cruisers and an Arleigh Burke destroyer is heading to the UK to join up with an invasion force headed for Russia. We are to hunt out enemy submarines and...

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In 2015 NATO shifts its focus to Europe and creation of fast-reaction 'spearhead force'

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In this Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 file photo U.S. President Barack Obama, fourth from left, is seated at a table with, from left to right: France's President Francois Hollande, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during a NATO summit at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales. Leaving combat operations in Afghanistan behind, NATO is shifting its focus to Europe in 2015 and the creation of its new ultra-rapid reaction force, designed as a deterrent to Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)(The Associated Press)

In this Dec. 28, 2014 file photo, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Gen. John Campbell, right, and ISAF Gen. Hans-Lothar Domrose attend a ceremony at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leaving combat operations in Afghanistan behind, NATO is shifting its focus to Europe in 2015 and the creation of its new ultra-rapid reaction force, designed as a deterrent to Russia. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)(The Associated Press)

In this Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 file photo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures while speaking during a media conference prior to a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Leaving combat operations in Afghanistan behind, NATO is shifting its focus to Europe in 2015 and the creation of its new ultra-rapid reaction force, designed as a deterrent to Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)(The Associated Press)

In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 file photo, a Romanian military helicopter flies as troops from the United States Marine Corps Forces Europe watch, during a joint US-Romanian military exercise in Cincu, central Romania. The Joint Effort 2014 exercise is designed to test the rapid reaction capabilities of joint NATO troops and simulates the defensive strategy of an imaginary country confronted with an insurgency supported militarily by one of its neighbors. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)(The Associated Press)

In this Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama listens to opening comments during a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council at a NATO summit in Newport, Wales. Leaving combat operations in Afghanistan behind, NATO is shifting its focus to Europe in 2015 and the creation of its new ultra-rapid reaction force, designed as a deterrent to Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)(The Associated Press)

BRUSSELS Leaving combat operations in Afghanistan behind, NATO is shifting its focus to Europe in 2015 and the creation of its new ultra-rapid-reaction force, designed as a deterrent to Russia.

The priority for the 28-member alliance will be to get the new agile expeditionary force into operation, but also settling the question of who will pay for it, analysts say.

The multinational force, often called the "spearhead," was ordered into existence by President Obama and other NATO leaders in September so it could be deployed to reinforce alliance members feeling threatened by the actions or ambitions of Vladimir Putin's Russia.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called the new force and other components of the reboot of alliance capabilities "the biggest reinforcement of our collective defense since the end of the Cold War."

Stoltenberg, now in his third month as the alliance's top-ranking civilian official, said it is his "top priority to implement this plan in full and on time."

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NATO formally ends war in Afghanistan

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The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan has hailed the achievements of 13 years of fighting against the Taliban, as NATO formally ended its war at a ceremony in Kabul.

'Together ... we have lifted the Afghan people out of the darkness of despair and given them hope for the future,' General John Campbell told assembled NATO soldiers.

'You've made Afghanistan stronger and our countries safer.'

On January 1, the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) combat mission, which has suffered 3485 military deaths since 2001, will be replaced by a NATO 'training and support' mission.

The ceremony was arranged in secret because the threat of Taliban strikes in the Afghan capital, which has been hit by repeated suicide bombings and gun attacks over recent years.

'I hope you take great pride in the positive impact you've made and will continue to make upon the Afghan people,' Campbell said in a speech released by ISAF on Twitter as live broadcasts were banned for security reasons.

'The road before us remains challenging, but we will triumph.'

The ceremony completed the gradual handover of responsibility to the 350,000-strong Afghan forces, which have been in charge of nationwide security since the middle of last year.

But recent bloodshed has undermined claims that the insurgency is weakening and has highlighted fears that Afghanistan faces spiralling violence.

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NSA IL, Fab Fri & Brkfst 4 O.N.E., At a Glance Marketing – Video

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GovBeat: Utah governor wont support proposal that would cut off the NSAs water supply

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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signaled his opposition to a proposed bill that would cut off water to the NSAs facility southof Salt Lake City.

I know people have had some frustration with the NSA, Herbert said on a conference call with reporters Tuesday, but the states agreement with the agency was,something I think we need to continue to honor.

The facility, located in Bluffdale, uses between 2 to 4 million gallons of water a month, according to public records. Bluffdale issued $3.5 million in bonds to pay for the water lines and sells the agency water for less than the priceset by city ordinances.

Thebill,sponsoredby state Rep.Marc Roberts (R), would prohibit municipalities from providing any support for any federal data collection and surveillance agency.

Herbert has said previously he has had concerns with the NSA, but it was Congress responsibility to provide oversight and he didnt have a problem with the facility being in Utah.

If its not stored in Utah, itll be stored somewhere else, hesaid Tuesday.

Hunter Schwarz covers state and local politics and policy across the country for the Washington Post.

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Fifth Amendment: The Movie – Video

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Volokh Conspiracy: Los Angeles v. Patel and the constitutional structure of judicial review

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On March 3, at 10 a.m., the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Los Angeles v. Patel, a fascinating case about the proper structure of a Fourth Amendment challenge.

Los Angeles has an ordinance that requires hotels to maintain certain records about their guests and to produce those records for police officers upon request which is to say, the officer need not necessarily have a warrant or any particular suspicion. Hoteliers claim this regime violates the Fourth Amendment:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Oddly, though, the hoteliers have chosen to challenge the ordinance on its face. They do not allege that any particular search was unreasonable; indeed, they do not present the facts of any particular search at all. Los Angeles contends that this facial challenge is improper: In its view, a Fourth Amendment challenge must be an as-applied challenge. (Los Angeles has the great good fortune to be represented, in part, by our own co-Conspirator Orin Kerr; the Los Angeles brief is available here.) The case thus presents the question of whether a Fourth Amendment challenge can be purely facial or must be as-applied.

On the surface, this is merely a technical question about proper pleading of a Fourth Amendment case. But on another level, this case is of enormous theoretical importance far beyond the Fourth Amendment. I have argued that this vexed distinction between facial and as-applied challenges is actually a window into the basic constitutional structure of judicial review.

In that regard, I have filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Manhattan Institute(with MIs Jim Copland), arguing that a Fourth Amendment challenge must always be as-applied. Here is the summary of argument:

A Fourth Amendment challenge is inherently an as-applied challenge for the simple reason that the Fourth Amendment binds the executive branch and restricts the paradigmatic executive action of searching and seizing.

Courts have not always been perfectly clear about the distinction between facial and as-applied challenges, and this case presents a perfect opportunity to clarify the distinction. What a close reading of the cases reveals is that this distinction simply turns on who has allegedly violated the Constitution. A facial challenge is a challenge to legislative action. An as-applied challenge is a challenge to executive action.

The Constitution empowers and restricts different officials differently. A constitutional claim is a claim that a particular government actor has exceeded a grant of power or transgressed a restriction. But because different government actors are vested with different powers and bound by different restrictions, one cannot determine whether the Constitution has been violated without knowing who has allegedly violated it. The predicates of judicial review inevitably depend upon the subjects of judicial review. Courts sometimes write, euphemistically, of challenges to statutes or ordinances, thus obscuring the subjects of constitutional claims. But the Constitution does not prohibit statutes and ordinances; it prohibits actionsthe actions of particular government actors. Thus, every constitutional inquiry properly begins with the subject of the constitutional claim. And the first question in any such inquiry is the who question: who has allegedly violated the Constitution?

The who question establishes the two basic forms of judicial review: facial challenges and as-applied challenges. In the typical constitutional case, the legislature will make a law, the executive will execute it, and someone will claim that his constitutional rights have been violated. The first question to ask such a claimant is who has violated the Constitution? The legislature, by making the law? Or the executive, by executing the law?

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