David Remes, an attorney for Guantanamo habeas petitioners Uthman and Esmail, has sent in this overview of the ongoing Guantanamo counsel access dispute. In brief: Remes and others recently objected to ...

In an earlier post, here, I described an article I was working on, with my colleague Sam Issacharoff, on detention, targeted killings, and the fundamental transformation we see taking place in the practi...

For readers following closely the issue of possible military strikes (Israeli or U.S.) against Iran’s nuclear facilities, I recommend reading Jeffrey Lewis’s analysis at foreignpolicy.com of the U.S. int...

Guess what? They're still illegal outside of Afghanistan: Targeted killing with drones in Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan have generally violated the right to life because the United States is rarely part o...

For those who have been wondering--even a little bit--about the technology behind the Lawfare Drone Smackdown, Gizmodo UK has this handy review of the Parrot AR 2.0 drone, which is the robotic base off o...

In response to my inquiry about drones that could capture rather than kill ("Robot Rendition?"), Greg McNeal writes in with these very illuminating comments on the technological prospects. It probably g...

This news -- that Iran is considering a lawsuit over Stuxnet -- is too perfect for words.   Lawfare readers will have a field day:  In what court?  Under what theory?   With what damages?   How will they...

This just in: the last words (for a few days, anyway) in the Guantanamo attorney-client access dispute now pending before Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S.

My old friend Naunihal Singh, a political science professor at Notre Dame University, has this very moving piece on The New Yorker's web page on the killings at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin: T...

Last Wednesday, Judge James L. Pohl issued an amended docketing order in United States v.

One of the many difficulties that arise when a state employs its military to conduct operations within its own borders is the question of whether alleged abuses committed by the military should be tried ...

The New York Times is running a "Room For Debate" exchange on the question of whether the threat from domestic hate groups is being overlooked.

With a hat tip to Bobby, I wanted to flag that the Fourth Circuit on Friday upheld the conviction of Sean Brehm, a non-citizen convicted under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) for an...