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Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #97: An Interview with John Lynch and Jim Lewis
Back for a rematch, John Lynch and I return to the “hackback” debate in episode 97, with Jim Lewis of CSIS providing color commentary. -
The Nashiri Merits: Do Military Commissions Have Jurisdiction Over Pre-9/11 Crimes?
Last Wednesday, following more of the oft-renewed Administration calls to close Guantánamo, 10 Yemeni detainees were transferred to Oman—the biggest single transfer under the Obama administration. Meanwh... -
McConnell Introduces New ISIS AUMF in Senate
Last night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) along with four other Republican co-sponsors, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Daniel Coats (R-IN), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Sen. Joni Ernst ... -
Today at Brookings: Justice Stephen Breyer Discusses "The Court and the World"
At 2:00 pm today at Brookings, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will discuss his new book The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities. Brookings President Strobe Talbott w... -
Rational Security: The "Red Rover" Edition
Four Americans are freed in a prisoner swap with Iran. Twitter is facing a lawsuit over jihadist messages posted on the site. And Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is cracking down on just about everybody... -
A Defense Against Accusations of Heroism
A few weeks ago a Reuters article, “Pentagon Thwarts Obama’s Effort to Close Guantanamo,” described a scheme by which disloyal Defense Department officials—myself and General John Kelly, USMC, included—h... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
An attack in Pakistan left as many as 30 dead after gunmen attacked the Bacha Khan University campus in Peshawar. Four gunmen wearing suicide vests entered the campus and began shooting just after 9:00am... -
The Obama WPR Letters, 2009-2015
President Obama has sent 39 letters to Congress “consistent with” the War Powers Resolution requirements. The letters are a fascinating read and provide a 30,000-foot view of the Administration’s use of ... -
On the Nuclear Threat Initiative's Report on Cybersecurity Risks at Nuclear Plants
Paul Rosenzweig offers a critique of the Nuclear Threat Initiative’s report on cybersecurity risks at nuclear power plants that is summarized in his statement that The NTI assessment is based on a lega... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Sunday, President Obama praised the historic nuclear agreement with Iran and the “power of diplomacy” following the release of five Americans. -
Dispatch #1: Tragic Choices in a Lebanon Overwhelmed
BAALBEK, Lebanon — The mud is red and deep this morning in the Bekaa valley. Children, undeterred, giggle and slide in their UNICEF-issued rubber boots. Snowy mountains rise out of the mist at the edge o... -
Originalism and the Executive
PDF version A review of Saikrishna Prakash's Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive (Yale, 2015).
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