INTEL DUMP reports on a survey of army soldiers on when/whether they think Osam bin Laden will be captured. The majority says soon, but not real soon. Of course, if there really were a Secret Plot to capture him in October — an article of faith in conspiracy-minded circles — then presumably almost no one would know about it…
A Personal Blog
by Michael Froomkin
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
My Publications | e-mail
All opinions on this blog are those of the author(s) and not their employer(s) unelss otherwise specified.
Who Reads Discourse.net?
Readers describe themselves.
Please join in.Reader Map
Recent Bluessky Posts- Amidst all the darkness, a small piece of good news courtesy of Judge Vargas of the SDNY. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u... August 24, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Glad to see this. It is not a hard case. August 24, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- How practice-ready a 1st year associate from any law school can be depends on if they came straight from law school or clerked or the equivalent. Senior people tend to forget what it is to be new. I would worry more about someone who had so many 'skills' courses they didn't know much actual law. August 24, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- If this view was ever correct, and it mostly wasn't at least since the late '80s, it certainly isn't true today. Clinics have become a much bigger part of YLS. August 24, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- The first time I read this I thought, "wait, what lawsuit concerning Natasha Cloud is in trial, and why would Emes Kanter care?" Eventually I figured out what court had jurisdiction. August 24, 2026 Michael Froomkin
Recent Comments
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 53 other subscribers
The question of when he’ll be found isn’t really the important or interesting question for me. The more relevant question seems to be that assuming he’s found sometime in the next seven months, when will the public find out about it? October.
October 15 is the date