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Both Raffaela and Steve have already noted the D.C. Circuit's opinion yesterday in Abdul Razak Ali v. Obama, the latest Guantanamo habeas case.
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As Steve already noted, the D.C. Circuit has affirmed the district court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus to Guantanamo detainee Abdul Razak Ali. We covered the oral argument this fall, in preview and...
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Just before Thanksgiving, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (which has among its membership luminaries such as Eric Schmidt of Google and Shirley Ann Jackson, the President of...
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The Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict writes in with the following announcement:
CALL FOR PAPERS
FOR THE 2014 LIEBER SOCIETY
RICHARD R. BAXTER MILITARY WRITING PRIZE
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Carrie Johnson of NPR speaks on Morning Edition today to assess what we've learned from all the NSA surveillance program declassifications.
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This morning's D.C. Circuit decision in Ali v. Obama is not exactly a shocker, given the court's ever-solidifying body of jurisprudence on the scope of the government's power to detain non-citizen terror...
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The National Security Agency is down in the dumps. It’s used to being heralded for brilliance.
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Over at the Washington Post, columnist Eugene Robinson has a piece decrying the morality of drone strikes---a piece that expresses with an admirable economy of words nearly every conceptual error one can...
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As we've noted, amendments spanning several issues, including cybersecurity, and anti-terrorism laws, have been put forth as add-ons to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act.
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From the defense's standpoint, which are more onerous: restrictions on lawyers in civilian terrorism cases or restrictions used in military commissions?
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ...
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Published by Viking (2013)
Reviewed by Bruce Riedel
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Let's start by acknowledging the seasonal:
Stun-gun fights, knife fights, human-trampling, mass evacuations---as expected, the national security threat known as the period betwee
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The Washington Post reported last week that the United States government had decided not to prosecute Julian Assange for his role in the massive release of classified State Department cables because “gov...
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For those who haven’t been following along, this recent story about 3D printing of plastic guns should be a revelation. 3D printing is one of those technologies where the reality is fast outrunning our...
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Over at EJILTalk!, Marko Milanovic has a five-part series considering the possibility of a global right to privacy against government surveillance Milanovic's posts are in part a response to posts by ...
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When the Senate returns on December 9 to take up the National Defense Authorization Act, one of the more than 500 amendments Senators will consider is a provision that would amend the Anti-Terrorism Act ...
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Cyberwar is all the rage, and with it, questions abound on what new technologies may mean for society and---Lawfare's specialties---the implications of these technologies on surveillance, privacy, intell...
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I haven't watched this yet, but it looks pretty interesting.
The motion is "Spy on me, I'd rather be safe."
The panel is a good one: Arguing for it are Stewart Baker and Richard Falkenrather.
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On November 20, my Brookings colleague Bruce Riedel hosted an event with Lt. General Michael Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Sponsored jointly with the National Intelligence Universit...
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Ohio State law professor Peter Shane writes in with the following thoughts on recent revelations about the FISA Court:
Edward Snowden’s leaks and the ODNI’s subsequent declassification program have shed ...
