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Over at Slate, Eric Posner has a very interesting essay defending the Senate's recent rejection of the disabilities rights treaty—although rejecting the reasons for rejection proffered by the senators wh...
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta delivered a wide-ranging address on December 18, 2012 at the National Press Club in Washington DC on the United States' overall national security strategy. The speech...
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On Friday, a British court rejected a closely watched civil suit by the son of man killed in a 2011 drone strike in Pakistan that requests a judicial declaration that British intelligence officials may b...
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At this season every year, I think of the story of the Christmas truce of 1914 in the trenches of the Western Front. With warm wishes to all of of Lawfare's readers and especial thanks to those of our r...
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So what exactly is in the NDAA conference report that is prompting the agitation for a presidential veto? Here is a quick and dirty summary of "Subtitle D---Counterterrorism"---along with an explanation ...
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The Secretary of Defense has released the attached memo on the implications of the fiscal cliff and sequestration on the Department of Defense. Read it here.
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Headlines and Commentary is going on vacation for a week. There's simply too much homemade lasagne to eat and too many presents to wrap. We’ll be back after New Year’s---and will be using the snazzy Lawf...
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The government has filed its reply brief in Hedges.
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Another noteworthy development in the conference version of the NDAA is section 1025. Think of this as a new direction in the congressionalization of detention operations in Afghanistan.
What do I mean...
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Today was the big Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Benghazi attack. You can watch it on C-SPAN here.
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Here's the story from Spencer Ackerman of Wired Danger Room.
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As Bobby has already noted the conference report on the NDAA was filed last night. Some readers may recall that I was concerned about section 936 of the Senate version of the bill -- a provision that re...
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As Bobby noted last night, the NDAA conference report has been filed, and yes, the Feinstein amendment was dropped. Here's Politico's Josh Gerstein and Jeremy Herb and Carlo Munoz of The Hill.
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Glenn Greenwald has this lengthy and passionate piece on why Americans respond so differently to the killings in Newtown from the way they respond to the deaths of children killed in drone strikes.
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I have an op-ed in today's New York Times entitled "Obama's Weakness on Treaties" arguing that the Obama Administration needs to work harder to get Senate approval of treaties in its second term. Here ...
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A bunch of amicus briefs filed in Hedges---and a lot of red meat for NDAA-haters from that special libertarian land where Left and Right meet.
Here's the Rutherford Institute, which argues that "The Nat...
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Politico reports that Senate and House negotiators have reached an agreement on the NDAA, with votes in both houses expected later this week...and then, on to the White House. The full text is available...
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Those interested in the international dimensions of cybersecurity strategy and law should read Adam Segal's (Council on Foreign Relations) essay on "Five Trends to Watch for in Chinese Cybersecurity in 2...
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The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings held a fantastic event today entitled "Global Counterterrorism: A Progress Report" featuring Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator for Counterterror...
