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Guess What's Happening Tomorrow: A Guantanamo Habeas Hearing
Don't look now but we're about to see at least one new Guantanamo habeas merits hearing—tomorrow, in fact. -
A View from Jerusalem of a Trump Ambassadorial Appointment
JERUSALEM — The news that President-elect Donald Trump has named as his ambassador to Israel a far-right bankrupcy lawyer named named David Friedman came to us while we were in—of all places—Jerusalem, w... -
Climate Change and National Security: An Opportunity for the Trump Administration—and Everyone Else
After campaigning on the promise to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, last week President-elect Trump seemed to reaffirm his ambivalence about the scientific consensus on the subject whe... -
The Week That Will Be
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12/15 Session: Sleepovers at Camp Justice and “Unlawful Influence”
Thursday’s morning session in the Nashiri proceedings begins a few minutes after 9am, with mlitary judge Air Force Colonel Vincent Spath calling the commission to order. The first witness of the day is E... -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins
On Friday, December 16th, Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement on the pretrial hearings conducted in the USS Cole case over the last week. The statement is al... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 12/14 Session: We Actually Read Those Books About CIA Interrogations
This morning’s proceedings in the Nashiri case begin with standard procedural discussions, including noting that the accused waived his right to be present at that morning’s commission hearing. Military... -
A Year after San Bernardino, the Number of Women Jihadis Is Growing
When Tashfeen Malik, along with her husband Syed Farook, killed 14 people in San Bernardino a year ago, she provided a stark reminder about the growing involvement of women in jihadist terrorism in the W... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Intelligence Under a Trump Administration
The annual Cato Surveillance Conference kicked off this week with a panel on "Intelligence Under a Trump Administration," featuring former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Matthew Olsen a... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week saw Donald Trump finally reach a decision as to who will serve as his Secretary of State, following an unusually public and drawn-out selection process: Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson. -
China’s Capture of U.S. Underwater Drone Violates Law of the Sea
On December 16 a Chinese warship snatched a U.S. underwater drone literally from under the eyes of the crew of a U.S. survey ship. The USNS Bowditch is an unarmed naval oceanographic vessel that was reco... -
The Nonexistent Legal Basis for China’s Seizure of the U.S. Navy’s Drone in the South China Sea
In many disputes arising out of the South China Sea, China and the U.S. have different good-faith interpretations of international law. But China’s seizure of a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater vehicle (UU...
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