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Should the United States Negotiate with Terrorists?
Editor’s Note: No one wants to give terrorists even a shred of legitimacy through negotiations, but even hardline counterterrorist countries like Israel have at times recognized the need to cut a deal wi... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Silent Circle's Mike Janke on Encryption, Going Dark, and Corporate Responsibility
Last week, Ben posted five hard questions to both government and industry regarding encryption and the "going dark" debate. For this week's Podcast, we posed these questions and more on the issues of tec... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Yesterday, Ben announced the Omphalos Middle East Journalism Program that we are launching in cooperation with our friends at Academic Exchange. -
The US Supports the Rights of Victims of Terrorism. Just Not These.
As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, the U.S. Department of Justice and Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken have filed letters urging a federal judge to weigh the “public interest” when con... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
ISIS may have used chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reports. On Wednesday, Peshmerga fighters southwest of Erbil reported injuries “consistent with a chemical atta... -
Al Bahlul Responds to United States' Petition for En Banc Review
The brief was submitted to the D.C. Circuit yesterday, by the Guantanamo detainee's lawyers. We thus await decision from the appeals court as to whether it will order en banc rehearing in this long-runn... -
Audio message from Ayman al-Zawahiri: "Pledging Allegiance To the New Taliban Leader”
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Announcing the Omphalos Middle East Journalism Program
I'm delighted to announce a new experiment we are undertaking, along with our friends at Academic Exchange: We want to sponsor some Middle East journalism. Lawfare has done some experiements in regional ... -
Postponing the Tough Questions Until It's Too Late: How Not to Assist the Rebels in Syria
In recent days, legal blogs have carried commentary on whether or not the President has the legal authority to defend the Syrian rebels that the United States has trained and equipped to take on the Isla... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
At least 80 people were killed and hundreds more injured in the deadliest attack in Baghdad since Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi took office one year ago. The Islamic State has claimed responsibili... -
The Most Interesting Database to Hack? Congress Wants to Know Too
A helpful reader drew our attention to this last minute addition to the Carper CISA amendment authorizing DHS Einstein. Coincidence or Lawfare readers in our midst? SEC. 208. IDENTIFICATION OF INFORMATI... -
He's back: Al-Qaida's Leader Resurfaces in a Video Message
After an unprecedented 11 months of silence, Ayman al-Zawahri, the emir of al-Qaida, this week issued a video message proclaiming his loyalty to the new head of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor....
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