Mark your calendars. Here's the agenda for the next hearing in the 9/11 case, which is set to begin on April 22 and to conclude on April 26.   From that document: 3. The Commission will hear argument on...

The DNI has released the latest report, accurate as of January 2013, but only released this month, on the reengagement of former Guantanamo detainees. The DNI is required to release the report under the ...

The Washington Post editorial page has recently been promoting development of a U.S.

This morning was the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's open hearing on worldwide threats to the United States. Witnesses included DNI James Clapper, newly-minted CIA Director John Brennan, NCTC Dire...

The hits just keep coming today for me -- a flood of useful things to post.  This one is about a speech that the UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, gave yesterday in which she proposed that the UK consider ...

The following guest post is the latest in a series comprising a debate as to whether LOAC requires an attempt to capture rather than a first-resort to lethal force in some circumstances.  The debate invo...

On a good day, cybersecurity is the topic that keeps on giving.

Raffaella has already beaten me to the punch with her link to Tom Donilon's speech yesterday to the Asia Society.  For those who want a short version, here's today's report in the New York Times.

Earlier today, I posted a thoughtful essay by Benjamin Kleinerman arguing with respect to Eric Holder’s recent testimony on domestic drone strikes that, “as obvious as the targeting of American citizens ...

For those of our readers who are members of the Federalist Society, its next “teleforum” conference call is tomorrow (Tuesday 3/12) at 2 p.m. (EST) on the subject of “Cybersecurity And the Chinese Hacker...

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An old Yiddish definition of chutzpah is the young man who murders both his parents in cold blood and then throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan.  Today we have a new Chinese d...

Controversy surrounding the DoJ White Paper on targeting Americans abroad has generated interest and debate about the meaning of "imminence" in the terrorism context, for purposes of self-defense and oth...

The New York Times reports today that “U.S. Again Delays Transfer of Bagram Prison to Afghan Forces.”  (Bobby discussed some of these issues, including the “Daqduq problem” issues, a couple of days ago)....

Without wanting to shoehorn my way into Ben's invaluable service in keeping the country safe from errors in New York Times editorials, I too wanted to raise something about today's editorial, "Repeal the...

The New York Times editorial page has still not corrected its error of the other day, when it promoted John Brennan to National Security Adviser.

[UPDATED 4:53] Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti, and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this lengthy article on the hunt for Anwar Al-Aulaqi.