mandamus petition under the Act. 18 U.S.C. § 3771(d)(3). Because the issues presented here are questions of law, we review them de novo. See. e.g., De Sandoval v. U.S. Arty Gen.. 440 F.3d 1276, 1278 (11th Cir. 2006). 9 Our dissenting colleagues accuse us of "blithely" "skip[ping] over the first of the two