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Thoughts on Al Nashiri II
Steve Vladeck this morning beat me to the punch on a key takeaway about the Al Nashiri II decision yesterday. But his attitude toward the subject is a bit different from mine. So while I agree with him o... -
DC Circuit in Al-Nashiri: All Clear for Military Commission Trial
The D.C. Circuit decided Tuesday that it would let a military commission take the first whack at a crucial issue in the prosecution of Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the attack on the... -
Al-Nashiri II: Comity, Legitimacy, and the Military Commissions
Unless you're someone who keeps a copy of Hart & Wechsler on your desk, you probably don't care that much about Tuesday's divided ruling by the D.C. Circuit in In re Al-Nashiri (which, for ease of refere... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
ISIS’s spokesman, Abu Mohammed al Adnani, has been killed in Syria, the New York Times reports. -
The Caesar Bill: A Novel Approach to Human Rights Accountability in Syria
In the more than five years since Syrian calls for self-determination first began, the world has witnessed the most egregious humanitarian crisis since World War II unfold. Over 400,000 people have been ... -
0-days, N-Days, iPhones, and Android
Recently, I wrote the follow on the student site for CS 161 (Computer Security) which I'm co-teaching this semester at Berkeley. A zero day is a vulnerability unknown to the rest of the world: there is... -
DC Circuit Rules on Nashiri
This morning, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision on Abd al Rahim al Nashiri's petition for a writ of mandamus to dissolve the military commission convened to try him. The court denied... -
DHS’s Modest Social Media Proposal Deserves Support
According to a coalition of advocacy groups, a new proposal by DHS to seek information about the online presence of individuals trying to enter the United States from Visa Waiver countries—directly and v... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Turkey has continued to move farther and farther into northern Syria, with Turkish forces no longer targeting ISIS but pushing into regions controlled by Syrian rebel forcesincluding the Kurdish YPG, Reu... -
Is the Paris Agreement on Climate Change a Legitimate Exercise of the Executive Agreement Power?
The Paris Agreement on climate change, concluded last December and signed on Earth Day, April 22 this year, has become the latest episode in the long-running tug of war between President Obama and the pr... -
The Intelligence Studies Essay: "Hybrid Warfare" at Home: Asymmetric Tactics Are Not Just Used in Ukraine, They Are Employed against the United States, and Have Been for Quite Some Time
Darren E. Tromblay has served as an intelligence analyst with the U.S. government for more than a decade. He holds an MA from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University,... -
The Wages of Information Sharing Sin
What is worse than the Federal government having actionable confidential information that it doesn't share with state and local governments, even though that information could assist them? How about sha...
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