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There are two new NSA email metadata collection program documents on the DNI's Tumblr site, IContheRecord.
From the site:
Following a declassification review by the Executive Branch, the Department of ...
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"There is no simple answer on whether to submit to terrorist extortion," editorializes the New York Times today. Actually, there is a right answer---and it's a relatively simple one.
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NATO officials announced today that the Russian military has moved artillery units manned by Russian personnel inside Ukraine in recent days and is actively using them against Ukrainian forces, reports
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Mention of politics, war powers, and legislative authorization to use further force in Iraq, reminds me: whatever happened with the War Powers Consultation Act of 2014 (“WPCA”), put forth by Senators Kai...
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A few days ago I discussed why President Obama is shying away from seeking congressional authorization to use force against The Islamic State (IS, or ISIS, or ISIL). But as the aims and scope of U.S. mi...
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So concludes this report from the Government Accountability Office, which apparently was written in response to a request by various Senators. The document opens:
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From this morning’s NYT story on the Foley rescue operation:
The officials revealed the mission in a conference call with reporters, in which they spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the class...
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Here's a lengthy interview with Edward Snowden by James Bamford in Wired. There's very little new in it---though some new details are in there about programs and activities that shocked Snowden while he ...
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Yesterday, we shared news of a video published by the Islamic State, which depicted the brutal beheading of American journalist James Foley. The New York Times reports that the Islamic State had asked th...
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Yesterday two amicus briefs were filed on behalf of the appellees in Klayman v. Obama, the bulk metadata case up on appeal in the D.C. Circuit.
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A number of friends and colleagues have asked me recently for recommended readings on the law of armed conflict and Gaza. I’ve decided, therefore, to post some of my suggestions and some explanation as t...
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“No just God would stand for what they did yesterday and what they do every single day,” President Obama said earlier this afternoon, in reaction to the appalling video of the beheading of American journ...
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a pair of posts analyzing where the notion of imminence comes from in the government's thinking about targeted killing---and in David Barron's OLC memo on the Al-Aulaqi strike. I...
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The WSJ reports that the initial success of American airstrikes in Iraq is spurring a push for broader military engagement against the Islamic State (IS, or ISIS, or ISIL) in Iraq. Our deepening militar...
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Over the last nine weeks, President Obama has sent five war powers notices to Congress in what may be the most concentrated period of Presidential war powers reporting in history. These notices include ...
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The Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast is on hiatus in August, but we’ve brought it back for a special appearance – a debate over Senator Patrick Leahy’s version of the USA Freedom Act sponsored by the Federalist ...
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The New York Times reports that rockets may have been fired from Gaza into Israel today. If the reports are correct, this action would break the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that was reported to h...
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Yesterday we flagged two amicus briefs filed on behalf of the petitioner in al-Bahlul v. United States by (1) the National Institute of Military Justice and (2) Professor David Glazier of Loyola Law Scho...
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This morning Steve summarized the amicus brief he co-authored on behalf of the National Institute of Military Justice in support of the petitioner in al Bahlul v. United States.
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Last week's Economist had an excellent article about lawfare against Britain's Ministry of Defence relating to actions of the British military in Iraq and Afghanistan entitled "Lawyers to right of them, ...
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