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In ongoing coverage of the rapid increase in the use of drones in warfare, National Defense Magazine reports on the effect this expansion will have on data use and management.
Richard Norton-Taylor of t...
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Michael Yon, whose dispatches from the field are always interesting (and typically include copious photography to give you a feel for what he has seen), recently traveled with General Martins in connecti...
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This afternoon, NPR and France 24 reported on two significant events regarding Libya. First, Gadhafi may be ready to leave the country, and his representatives have sought negotiations regarding the mec...
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An article today in The Nation, by Jeremy Scahill, alleges that the CIA operates a proxy detention facility in Mogadishu (the article also alleges a CIA-sponsored training operation for Somali government...
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Guess what? Human Rights Watch still wants to prosecute former President George W. Bush for torture. You knew that already? Yeah, so did I.
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Last week, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) released two decisions regarding the British military’s alleged violation, in Iraq, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundame...
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No, there hasn't been absolutely no news relevant to Lawfare readers over the past few days. I've just been away.
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[UPDATE: Please note the updated, italicized text below. Also check out Marko Milanovic's take on al-Jedda and al-Skeini, here.]
Hilal Abdul-Razzaq Ali Al-Jedda is a dual citizen of Iraq and Great Brit...
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This is a terrific opportunity: the DOJ National Security Division Office of Law & Poliicy has released information about student internships for 2012 (spring, summer, and fall. Also, information for NS...
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On Friday, the DC Circuit held, in a 2-1 panel decision in Doe v.
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Mary Dudziak (USC, visiting this coming fall at Duke) has a very thoughtful post up this morning Balkinization, addressing the meaning of "lawfare." Readers who are not familiar with her work should bec...
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When the Secretary of Defense declares, as Leon Panetta recently did, that the strategic defeat of Al Qaeda is "within reach," it is probably time to start thinking about the termination of hostilities f...
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Ben announced the start of the Lawfare Book Review a few weeks ago, but let me once again say welcome and provide a brief editorial introduction. The book review will serve as a place to cover new books ...
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Published by Oxford University Press USA (2011)
Reviewed by Benjamin Kleinerman
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In her post the other day, Marcy Wheeler hit on a theme I have been thinking a great deal about recently--indeed, that I have been writing a book about. So I know this is supposed to be a debate, but in ...
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The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") yesterday released two judgments regarding the British military's alleged violation, in Iraq, of international human rights law.
In the first case, Al-Skeini ...
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I promised yesterday that I would collect and post my thoughts in response to Spencer Ackerman's and Marcy Wheeler's comments on drones and debates. Rather than try to take on the many big themes they ra...
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Isn't this interesting.... In a case titled United States v. Kaziu (E.D.N.Y.
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On the Washington Post's PostPartisan blog, Marc Thiessen offers his thoughts on Warsame.
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Charlie Savage has an important piece regarding the Obama Administration's position on the scope of its authority under the AUMF, as it relates to al Shabab. Quoting anonymous senior administration offi...
