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In a previous post, I commented on the Nobody-But-Us (NOBUS) view of the world. My original post says that the real technical question raised by NOBUS is how long nobody-but-us access can be kept for a g...
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This week, we invited Major General Michael Lehnert (Ret.), the first commander of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to chat on the show. In January 2002, General Lehnert deployed to G...
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Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday and gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party a decisive victory. Making almost as much news as the election results themselves were the tactics Net...
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Yesterday the Chairmen and Ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (McCain and Reed) and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Corker and Menendez) sent a noteworthy letter to Secretarie...
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We are currently accepting applications for a paid summer intern.
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The negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have stalled. The Times tells us that the parties---Iran and the United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany ---haven’t made much headway...
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“Congress is stalled in its effort to pass a separate resolution authorizing military force against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” write Austin Wright and Bryan Bender in a good Politico stor...
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Earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, and explained that he hadn’t changed his policy on the creation of a Palestinian state. “I don't want a one...
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More news today out of Tunisia regarding the stunning militant attack on a museum in Tunis that left 23 people dead and wounded dozens more.
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Jessica Stern (who wrote Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill) and J.M. Berger have a new book that should be of interest to Lawfare readers: ISIS: The State of Terror. The book is a ...
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Over at the increasingly excellent Markaz site, my Brookings colleagues Natan Sachs and William Galston---the latter writing with Lawfare's Yishai Schwartz---have terrific commentary on the Israeli elect...
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It seems Paul Oostburg Sanz, the Navy's General Counsel, will serve for the time being as the Guantanamo military commissions' Convening Authority---such temporary service being necessary in light of the...
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Editor's note: The following was originally published on Markaz, a publication run by the Brookings Center for Middle East Policy.
The Syrian uprising began four years ago. On Sunday, thanks to the Kor...
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The civil liberties group's report was released today. It was authored by Elizabeth Goitein and Faiza Patel (who has contributed pieces to Lawfare), and has a foreword by retired U.S.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party scored a decisive victory in yesterday’s Israeli election, setting the stage for him to serve a third consecutive---and fourth overall---term...
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In what is surely a typographical error, the Washington Post has named NSA General Counsel Raj De as the man behind the Snowden disclosures:
De’s last day was Friday, and he plans to start at Mayer Brown...
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In episode 58 of the Cyberlaw Podcast, our guest is Andy Ozment, who heads the DHS cybersecurity unit charged with helping improve cybersecurity in the private sector and the civilian agencies of the fed...
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As Iran and the P5+1 edge ever closer to an agreement, the public is beginning to get a peek at the general contours of the potential deal.
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After a bruising election cycle, Israelis head to the polls today to vote for the 20th Knesset. Thanks to a close race, current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in danger of losing his position. His...
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I'm not sure, but I think so.
From today's editorial, entitled, "Gen. Petraeus's Light Punishment":
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