Greg McNeal is a national security specialist focusing on the institutions and challenges associated with global security, with substantive expertise in national security law and policy, transnational crime, global policy studies, and international law. He previously served as Assistant Director of the Institute for Global Security, co-directed a transnational counterterrorism program for the U.S. Department of Justice, and served as an advisor to the Chief Prosecutor of the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions on matters related to the prosecution of suspected terrorists held in the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Articles (For Recent Updates Visit SSRN.COM)
The Status Quo Bias and Counterterrorism Detention, Northwestern University Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (2011)
Counterterrorism detention policy in the United States is a mess. Commentators on both sides of...
The U.S. Practice of Collateral Damage Estimation and Mitigation, Pepperdine Working Paper (2011)
This paper explains how the U.S. military estimates and mitigates the impact of conventional weapons...
A Cup of Coffee After the Waterboard: Seemingly Voluntary Post-Abuse Statements, DePaul Law Review (2010)
This symposium article focuses on the impact that abusive and coercive interrogation techniques will have...
Institutional Legitimacy and Counterterrorism Trials, Richmond Law Review (2009)
Much of the current debate in national security law scholarship focuses on institutional design issues...
Organizational Culture, Professional Ethics, and Guantanamo, Case Western Reserve University Journal of International Law (2009)
In this symposium essay I draw attention to the intersection between the social scientific literature...
Books
Saddam On Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal (with Michael P. Scharf) (2006)
Saddam Hussein. Derided as the Butcher of Baghdad, the Iraqi leader was toppled from power...
Contributions to Books (For Recent Updates Visit SSRN.COM)
The Legal Impact of Homeland Security On Businesses, Business Continuity and Homeland Security: Theory & Practice (2008)
Commentary Regarding the Judgements in República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Dili District Court, the Special Panels for Serious Crimes and the Tribunal de Recurso - July 2003-2006, Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals (2008)
Show Trial or Real Trial? A Digest of the Evidence Submitted During the Prosecution's Case-in-Chief at the Dujail Trial of the Iraqi High Tribunal, Saddam On Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal (2006)
During the trial of Saddam Hussein evidence was largely ignored by media coverage. The media's...
Popular Press
MARC Is Off the Mark, The Baltimore Sun (2003)
Other
An Abbreviated Legislative History and Timeline Regarding the Development of Section 949(b) of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (2008)
This document presents an abbreviated legislative history regarding the development of Section 949(b) of the...