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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jane Chong, Benjamin Wittes and I kicked off the week by proposing seven different theories that might explain what we know so far about L’Affaire Russe. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A U.S. service member was killed yesterday in an operation against al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabab in Somalia, the Washington Post reports. The incident comes several weeks after the White House approved a... -
A Reform Proposal for Global Refugee Policies
Lawfare Brief Reviews is pleased to note Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World (Oxford UP, forthcoming September 2017), by Paul Collier and Alexander Betts. Paul Collier is professor of e... -
Water Wars: ASEAN Soft-Pedals South China Sea Disputes
Official Statement Omits Land Reclamation and Militarization Activities, Praises “Improving Cooperation” Photo: Reuters -
Cybercrime Roundup: Using Twitter as a Weapon, Copyright Trolling Porn, and Script Kiddies on the Rise
Using Twitter as a Weapon On December 15, 2016, Kurt Eichenwald received a tweet from Twitter user @jew_goldstein that a flashing strobe GIF superimposed with the text, “YOU DESERVE A SEIZURE FOR YOUR P... -
ODNI's 2016 Transparency Report: A Summary
On Tuesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its fourth Annual Statistical Transparency Report relating to the use of national security authorities. The report is based... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Donald Trump will visit Saudi Arabia and Israel later this month in his first trip abroad, the New York Times writes. While in Riyadh, he will meet with leaders of Muslim nations to discuss eff... -
Former Guantanamo Detainee Petitions for Certiorari Seeking Redress for Alleged Torture
In late 2002, Afghan officials arrested Mohammed Jawad and transferred him to American officials. During his six-year stay at Guantanamo, Jawad alleges that he was tortured. Upon being released from fede... -
The National Security Law Podcast Episode 15: Skirmishes in the Surveillance Wars
In this surveillance-heavy episode [Please use that link; we're still having trouble with the embed code], Professors Chesney and Vladeck dig into a raft of news about foreign-intelligence collection aut... -
Rational Security: The "Intelligence Porn" Edition
FBI Director James Comey says the idea he could have swayed the presidential election makes him “mildly nauseous.” President Trump is reaching out to autocrats and adversaries. Is it paying off? And the ... -
A Philosophical Foundation for International Human Rights Law?
PDF version A review of Aaron Xavier Fellmeth, Paradigms of International Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2016). *** -
What Is the "Right" Number of Call Detail Records for 42 Targets under FISA's Business Records Authority?
ODNI's transparency report contains loads of interesting information (see, e.g., Adam's post here on FBI queries of the fruits of 702 collection).
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