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Europeans in the South China Sea
At Foreign Policy, Keith Johnson and Dan De Luce report on a new European pushback against China's South China Sea policies: France has thrown its hat into the acrimonious South China Sea debate, calli... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
As U.S.-backed rebels close in on Raqqa and Iraqi military forces move into Fallujah, many of the Islamic State’s foreign recruits are looking to leave instead of fight. The Wall Street Journal reports t... -
6/3 Session: The Rules Are the Rules
It’s Friday morning, and we’ve established that the defendants know their rights to be present but all save Ramzi Binalshibh and Ammar al Baluchi have declined. -
Trump and the Powers of the American Presidency (Part II)
It was a few years ago, on a panel at American University’s Washington College of Law, that I heard Brad Berenson—who served in the White House Counsel’s office under President Bush—make an arresting sta... -
Assessing Complementarity in Palestine
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released a detailed argument that International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda should seek a full investigation of the situation in Palestine. The prosec... -
6/2 Session: Detainee Testifies about Gitmo Conditions
The commission is called to order Thursday morning with all attorneys and the defendants accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks in attendance. The morning session will be dedicated to hearing testimon... -
Donald Trump and the Justice Department: An Update
Recently, I wrote this piece warning of what Donald Trump might do to the U.S. Department of Justice. It contained the following: -
6/1 Session: Too Much Cancer, Not Enough Communication
Pre-trial proceedings in the military commission case against the alleged masterminds of the September 11th attacks resume Wednesday morning, with all attorneys present but none of the accused in attenda... -
5/31 Session: Contraband and the PRT
Today is the second day of this set of commission hearings. Bin’Attash and al Hawsawi are not present, though KSM, Binalshibh, and Ali are. Also present are all of yesterday’s defense counsel; apparently... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Earlier this morning, five people were killed in an attack on a Jordanian intelligence service office at a Palestinian refugee camp near Amman. -
Policymakers are from Mars, Tech Company Engineers are from Venus
This week, Herb Lin and I are giving a joint talk about the suit-hoodie divide, and whether relations between Washington and Silicon Valley are getting worse (I think the answer is yes). Part of the prob... -
Three Years Later: How Snowden Helped the U.S. Intelligence Community
Three years ago today, The Guardian published the first story based on the huge archive of documents that that Edward Snowden stole from the National Security Agency while working as an NSA contractor. ...
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