All of us have been so fixated on the DoJ White Paper and the drone controversy at home that we overlooked an important and eponymous development for this blog: lawfare in the Hague. On January 30, a co...

#ReplaceSongTitleWithDrone is going bananas.

While the brouhaha over the White Paper rages, Sarah Goodyear writes in The Atlantic Cities about a novel concept from one Asher J. Kohn which might, in the near future, moot the whole discussion: "Archi...

The central substantive issue, legally and morally, in the administration's Targeted Killing White Paper is how the concept of an "imminent threat" should be understood. This is where much of the debate ...

Eric Posner and Jeff Rosen have sharply different takes on the White paper.  Jeff is outraged: The Justice Department white paper released on Monday by NBC News is the public's first direct glimpse at t...

We don't disagree with Jack that the filling in of details in the White Paper is important---and didn't mean to suggest otherwise. But the importance Jack assigns to this aspect of the White Paper is dec...

I agree with Ben and Susan that there is little new of substance (but more detail) on imminence and other issues in the DOJ White Paper on targeted killing, and I said as much in my reaction to the White...

Okay, everyone, take a deep breath. Chill out. The DOJ’s “White Paper” on targeted killing is no big deal. Really. You wouldn’t know this from reading the somewhat breathless press coverage of the docume...

That is the title of an op-ed I have coming out tomorrow in the Washington Post, which is already available on line.  The premise of the piece is that, contrary to President Obama’s inaugural speech clai...

We’re back, and the parties jointly request a discussion of AE56---the government’s request for oral depositions. Regarding those, the dates the government proposed earlier are no longer feasible, for o...

The commission is called to order, with all parties present---including the accused.  The witness, Dr. Iacopino, also is “here,” albeit only virtually: he appears today by video teleconference ("VTC"), w...

This afternoon, we continue with a second day of almost-live, CCTV-broadcasted hearings in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri.  As always, Lawfare is in the house---Fort Meade's ...

There's certainly a lot to say about the DOJ white paper on targeted killings, much of which has been said already (and well) by others (see Raff's "Headlines and Commentary" post for links).  At the ris...

Daniel Klaidman, author of the indispensible Kill or Capture (providing an inside glimpse into the evolution of the Obama administration's approach to counterterrorism in its first few years), today post...

Judge Pohl is now ready to rule. As to Dr. Crosby, he says, the limitations placed on her by JTF-GTMO, to the extent they conflict with her best professional judgment, are unreasonable. The Convening Au...