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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The number of Assyrian Christians kidnapped by the Islamic State continues to rise. The New York Times reports that, according to one local Assyrian leader, 287 people have now been captured by the milit... -
Wednesday and Thursday at the Military Commissions: Al Nashiri
At the outset of Wednesday's session in the Al Nashiri military commission---the criminal proceeding against a Guantanamo detainee accused of plotting, among other things, the 2000 attack on the USS Cole... -
Call for Participants: The 8th Annual National Security Law Workshop
I’m very happy to announce the call for proposals and attendees for the 8th Annual National Security Law Workshop, which will take place in Houston on May 14th and 15th this spring. Geoff Corn and I are ... -
DoD Withdraws Order Requiring MiliComms Judges to Live at GTMO
That's the word from the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg. I reckon this will mean the 9/11 case will be swiftly unpaused. From Rosenberg's piece: In an abrupt retreat Friday, the Pentagon withdrew an o... -
Consensus on the Way Forward for an ISIL AUMF
Even casual readers of this blog are likely aware of the longstanding (and thoroughly joined) debate between Ben and me with respect to how Congress ought to update / revisit the 2001 Authorization for t... -
Of Torts, Diplomacy, Israelis and Palestinians
On Monday, a New York jury found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Authority responsible for a series of terror attacks that killed and maimed American citizens in Israel from 2002... -
DNI's 2015 Worldwide Threat Assessment
I highly recommend that Lawfare readers peruse the annual the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, as well as DNI Clapper’s opening statement before the SASC yesterday. I read b... -
The End of the United States' War in Afghanistan Requires Detainee's Release From GTMO
Such is this gist of this quite important Motion to Grant Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed last night by attorneys for Guantanamo detainee Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi. His filing opens as foll... -
Yesterday's Abatement Order in the 9/11 Case
Yesterday, after determining Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work's requirement that military commission judges live at Guantanamo Bay may improperly interfered with the case, Col. James Pohl halted pret... -
The U.S. Intelligence Community and Non-Neutral Principles
Last week, Ben’s NSA Constitution Day speech emerged after a long “declassification” process. One puzzle Ben grapples with in this speech is why reasonable, educated Americans have--and will continue to... -
Problems with Cyber Arms Control
The New York Times has an editorial today, calling for an arms control effort in cyberspace. The Times effort is, honestly, a bit simplistic, as is its conclusion: The tougher challenge is on the global... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The number of Syrian Christians kidnapped by ISIS in northeastern Syria over the past three days has increased to 220, according to activists.
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