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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Breaking news this morning out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) and ranking Democrat Benjamin Cardin of Maryland have reached a compromise on a bill that will g... -
Reminder: Get Yer Tickets for the Triple Entente Beer Summit!
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The AUMF is Dead. Long Live the AUMF.
The Hill is reporting this morning that Republican congressional leaders have declared the President's AUMF proposal dead: President Obama’s proposal for the use of military force against the Islamic Sta... -
Polite Sabotage: The Attempt to Gut the Iran Oversight Bill by Amendment
This morning’s New York Times has an excellent article outlining the debate over Senator Corker’s Iran deal oversight bill---likely heading for mark-up tomorrow. -
On the FISA Court and "Rubber Stamping"
In preparing for a lecture that I need to give that includes a discussion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, I once again came across the (true) claim that the FISA court (FISC) denies only a ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Associated Press reports two U.S. drones killed two leaders of al-Qaeda’s South Asia branch earlier this year in Pakistan. -
The New York Times's Latest Kill List Story
The New York Times this morning has a story on the internal debate within the administration over whether to capture or kill a U.S. -
The Week That Will Be
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The Foreign Policy Essay: Whether or Not Pakistan Will Join the War in Yemen May Depend on a Group You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Editor’s Note: It’s payback time. As Saudi Arabia goes to war in Yemen, it is calling in favors, with Egypt and other allies joining Riyadh’s “alliance” against the Houthis, whom the Saudis see as anothe... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #118: Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai on One Syrian's Story and One Country's Tragedy
When Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai was just shy of 19 years old, she fled her hometown of Damascus, Syria with her family; her parents were facing death threats from the Bashar Assad regime. She came to Washin... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week, Ben announced the upcoming Triple Entente Beer Summit, a “live taping extravaganza” featuring the cast of characters behind the Lawfare Podcast, the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, and the Rational ... -
Steve Preston's Speech: On Associated Forces, Self-Defense, and AUMF Refinement
The speech DOD General Counsel Stephen Preston delivered today at ASIL was quite interesting on many scores, including the scope of the "associated forces" concept, the nature of America's self-defense c...
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