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[Update - I've clarified some points below, at the bottom, in response to reader feedback]
Ben Emmerson QC is a British human rights law specialist who currently serves as the UN Human Rights Council's ...
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Yesterday, the American Security Project (ASP) held a lunch event on drones. The discussion, between ASP's CEO Stephen Cheney, ASP Fellow Joshua Foust, Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights First, and me was a ...
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The New York Times has the story on that, and other Administration staff changes...
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Herb Lin, the chief scientist at the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (which is a component of the National Research Council of the National Academies), has been the study director of many i...
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Our friends over at Secrecy News, which I am adding to the Lawfare News Feed, have released a new Congressional Research Service report entitled, "The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Fram...
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The second installment in the Hoover Institution's series of short essays on national security challenges for the Obama administration's second term is now out. It is by . . . me. Entitled, "Governing a ...
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This should pique the interest of our local readers:
Killing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and His Legacy: A Discussion with General Stanley A. McChrystal
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In transition from long-time legislator to senior Executive branch official, and asked to reconcile positions that are impossible to reconcile, Senator Kerry in his confirmation testimony took a nuanced ...
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Let’s begin with the latest and greatest national security threat facing the American homeland: North Korea.
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As Ben noted, I have a short essay on extra-AUMF threats as part of a Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law series. Drawing on Bobby’s important paper on the topic, I briefly explai...
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From the Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS), here is a partially translated document from the Russia’s Defense Ministry that apparently reflects Russia’s strategy for cyberwar. (H/t Herb Lin.) Fr...
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The Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law is releasing a series of short essays entitled "Second Term Challenges at the Intersection of National Security and Law." The task force, of...
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Over the weekend, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ("UNAMA") released its report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan prisons. Needless to say, it's not terribly u...
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Nerd alert: For those pining for more about unmanned technologies, tune in to PBS tonight for NOVA's latest undertaking, "Rise of the Drones." Check out the preview here, and Mike Hale's review of the pr...
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Somehow, I doubt the FAA would mind these drones over D.C. airspace. Inauguration day drone protest.
Hat tip: Josh Gerstein
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From a reader who bakes hard national security choices.
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Here 'tis. From the supplemental brief's "Summary of Argument" section:
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We’re back after inauguration weekend. The President has been sworn in for a second time. The vice president ditto. Neither the chief justice nor the President messed up their lines this time. And if you...
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I'm pleased to report that a group of former Obama Administration lawyers (including yours truly) has just submitted to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence a letter expressing our strong support ...
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Fresh from a security scrub are these two items in United States v. Mohammed et.
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