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Cyber Operations and the New Defense Department Law of War Manual: Initial Impressions
With headlines in the aftermath of the OPM hack asking if it was a “cyber 9/11” or an “act of war,” and Lawfare’s own Jack Goldsmith’s questioning the apparent -
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A U.S. airstrike in Libya conducted Sunday may have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a former al Qaeda leader responsible for the 2013 seizure of an Algerian gas plant that resulted in the deaths of 38 hostages. -
Magna Carta, Due Process, and the Prohibition against Arbitrary Imprisonment or Killing
Eight hundred years ago today, English barons obliged King John to sign Magna Carta. In honor of the anniversary, I thought I might share a brief passage on the subject from my book manuscript (I'm in t... -
Senator Bob Corker Publishes Scathing Letter About Trajectory of Iran Negotiations
Earlier today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker sent (and published) a letter to President Obama about the direction of negotiations with Iran. Suffice it to say, Senator Corker is ... -
Latest Guantanamo Disposition Numbers
A useful chart courtesy of Covington & Burling showing the disposition of Guantanamo cases since the beginning of the Obama administration: -
Iran Sanctions and the Dangers of Overdetermination
A few days ago, the Associated Press reported that “the Obama administration may have to backtrack on its promise that it will suspend only nuclear-related economic sanctions on Iran.” This promise is th... -
A Bleeding Wound: Why the Yemen Peace Talks are Headed for Failure
As the United Nations tries to get peace talks started in Geneva on Yemen this week, the rebel alliance of Zaydi Shia Houthis and loyalists of former president Ali Abdallah Salih continues to advance on ... -
Six Yemeni GTMO Detainees Transferred to Oman
The Department of Defense's announcement, from this Saturday, is here; there's also this Saturday piece from the New York Times' Charlie Savage: -
Legislative Diplomacy After <em>Zivotofsky</em>
Zivotofsky was a case about the recognition power, but it was also the first in quite a while to offer any insight into the Justices’ views on the nature of the President’s power to communicate with fore... -
The Week That Will Be
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The Attack on Belmokhtar and the Scope of the AUMF
It appears that the United States conducted an airstrike in Libya yesterday, targeting and killing Mokhtar Belmokhtar--a notorious Algerian terrorist who was once a member of GIA and GSPC, continued as a... -
Military Courts and Article III Functionalism: <br> What <em>Al Bahlul</em> Should Have Said
At their simplest, both Judge Henderson's 85-page dissent from the D.C. Circuit's decision in al Bahlul v.
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