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As the week began, Lawfare’s focus was on the courts.
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Ben Emmerson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, has released a report in the course of his investi...
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When last we debated the Government’s legal authority to kill an American terrorist overseas, some big-ticket questions had to do with proof: exactly how much evidence would be required before executive ...
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In his first public appearance since his ouster last Saturday, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych announced at a news conference in Russia that he intends to "keep fighting for the future of Uk...
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Another tidbit from the NYT story Ben just flagged:
It is unclear what Mr. Obama’s position is on whether Mr. Shami should be targeted. American officials said that as part of the new rules ordered by Mr.
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The New York Times has the answer---sort of:
WASHINGTON — He is known as Abdullah al-Shami, an Arabic name meaning Abdullah the Syrian. But his nom de guerre masks a reality: He was born in the United S...
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I haven't watched these two speeches from the RSA conference yet, but Paul tells me they are both worth seeing:
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The Guardian reports, based on more Snowden-leaked files, that the NSA assisted British intelligence services in intercepting and storing webcam images of millions of internet users not
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Lawyers love a good fight on definitions, and debate about the § 215 metadata program has raged on the meaning of the statutory language, “relevant to an authorized investigation.” Critics link complian...
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Federal law criminalizes the reentry of a “military . . . installation” after having been ordered not to do so by “any officer or person in command.” 18 U.S.C. § 1382. But does that criminal prohibit...
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The chief prosecutor in United States v. Al-Nashiri, Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, spoke at Guantanamo Bay today on the many pre-trial motions in the case. The introduction is below and you can view the full ...
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This is from a real Egyptian government web site, that of the State Information Service.
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President Obama is preparing a plan that would withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
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Argument comes now on AE 199, a government motion seeking the court's permission to conduct DNA testing on four hair samples in an FBI lab without the presence of the defense's expert witness. (It's not...
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Marty Lederman has a long post picking apart the errors in last week’s AP story on last December’s drone strike in Yemen. Along the way he carefully parses the covert action statute, and has interesting...
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The estimable Benjamin Weiser of the excellent New York Times news staff wrote me this afternoon response to my post earlier today about the government's motion for pseudononymous testimony in the Sulaim...
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I'm not sure what, but I'm sure it stands for something important:
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Remember how I said Lawfare would return tomorrow, to cover further proceedings in the commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri? Well, we won't be doing so after all; it turns out today's closed s...
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Our wonderful intern, Yishai Schwartz, has to leave soon, and we're looking for someone to take his place this summer.
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I'm very pleased to announce the call for participants in the 7th Annual National Security Law Workshop, which will take place this year on May 15 and 16 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
As in the past, Ge...
