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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...
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Senator Daniel Inouye died yesterday. The former Chairman of the Senator Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee was 88.
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Over at the OUPblog, Sandesh Sivakumaran has a post entitled “Killing Journalists in Wartime: A Legal Analysis.” Sivakumaran, who teaches at the University of Nottingham, is the author of The Law of Non-...
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Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following provocative thoughts on the Newtown shootings and layered physica...
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No, no no---I didn't quit my job. I was knee-deep in other stuff. So a big round of applause goes to Ritika for taking over the roundup while I've been otherwise engaged.
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From the shameless self-promotion department, this: last week Brookings published my recent paper on the integration of unmanned aircraft systems---drones---into our national airspace.
The piece identif...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently issued a decision that has the effect of both limiting political branch control over human rights suits against foreign officials while at the sa...
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This would certainly have national security implications.
The White House promises to respond to online petitions that receive 25,000 signatures.
This one has more than 29,000:
Secure resources and fun...
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I'm sure many of you have become addicted to the TV show, Homeland. Personally, I find it a bit of a bus man's holiday and rather unrealistic in its characterizations.
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It remains, the one and only Lawfare mug. Our symbol on social media. And the perfect gift for that special someone hung up on the Hard National Security Choices.
I would reiterate that all proceeds g...
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About six weeks ago, I flagged the (in my view, alarming) filing by the government of a notice of appeal to the D.C. Circuit in the Guantanamo MOU/continuing access-to-counsel litigation.
