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The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, June 22nd at 12 pm: The Wilson Center will host U.S. Senator Christopher S. Murphy (D-CT), who will outline A New Foreign Policy for Ame... -
White Hate but Islamic Terror? Charleston, Hate Crimes and Terrorism Per Quod
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Why Arab States are Bad at Counterinsurgency
Editor’s Note: The United States and its allies outsource most of their counterterrorism. Allies like Egypt and Jordan and frenemies like Pakistan do much of the heavy lifting, using their armies and int... -
The Lawfare Podcast: A Victory for Al-Bahlul on Remand
On this week’s Lawfare Podcast, Managing Editor Wells Bennett invited Steve Vladeck of both Lawfare and Just Security, and Adam Thurschwell, an attorney with the Office of the Chief Defense Counsel of th... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
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Storifying the Oversight System for JSOC Kill/Capture Ops
I'm not certain this adds value, but I've decided to give Storify a shot. My first shot at it uses the platform to pull together my posts on the ongoing development of the statutory regime for oversight... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.N.-sponsored peace talks over the conflict in Yemen have ended without making any headway, Reuters writes. Earlier today, Saudi airstrikes pounded a site held by elite Republican Guard forces allied wi... -
D.C. District Judge Sides with CIA in Drone FOIA Case
A D.C. District judge ruled yesterday that the CIA can keep nearly all information related to its drone activities and the legal basis for them secret, reports Josh Gerstein of Politico. U.S. -
Jacob Appelbaum on the OPM Hack
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Statement from The Global Islamic Media Front: “Condolences and Congratulations on the Martyrdom of AQAP's Leader Nasir al-Wihayshi”
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Eliminating the Afghanistan Exception to the Oversight Regime for Military Kill/Capture Ops
A little-noticed provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 might expand Congressional oversight of kill/capture operations conducted by the U.S. military. The change argua... -
FISC Opinion on the USA FREEDOM Act and Sunsets
The Foreign Intelligence Surveilance Court's memorandum opinion was signed on Wednesday. On first glance, Judge Dennis Saylor's conclusion seemingly was that the USA FREEDOM Act reinstated and at the sa...
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