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Did the FBI Just Prevent an Attack in DC from a Homegrown ISIS Supporter?
A very, very big arrest in Cincinnati today, involving allegations that a man named Christopher Cornell (online alias Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah) had planned to travel to DC in order to carry out an attack (v... -
CIA Review: CIA Didn't Snoop Improperly on SSCI Staff
That's the gist of Jason Leopold's extraordinary article this afternoon for Vice, which in turn cites this report by a CIA Accountability Review Board. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times reports that, in a new video and printed statement, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has formally claimed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attacks, calling them revenge for... -
Notes on the Erosion of Norms of Armed Conflict
I spent the last two days at a terrific conference in at Columbia Law School on asymmetric warfare and the laws of armed conflict, organized by Matthew Waxman and the great Stanford international relatio... -
What to Do About Ongwen?
The Washington Post has a fascinating article today about the legal issues arising from the surrender of one of the the notorious brutal leaders of the Lords Resistance Army, Dominic Ongwen. Apparently ... -
The CENTCOM Twitter Hack
By now, most readers of this blog are well aware that, for a brief period of time yesterday, ISIS cyber warriors (going under the hashtag #CyberCaliphate) took control of the CENTCOM Twitter and You-Tube... -
President Obama's New Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal
The White House has released an overview of the proposal previewed in today's Washington Post which you can read here or below: Since the start of his Administration, when he issued the Cyberspace Policy... -
Text of Senator Ayotte's GTMO Transfers Bill
As promised, here it is. The rather unfortunate-seeming proposal provides, in full: 114TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S.__ To extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations with respect to the transfer or re... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
While French police continue to search for accomplices in the Charlie Hebdo shooting, the Guardian describes the details emerging about the gunmen and their associates. The plot has thickened, especially... -
A New Bid to Restrict GTMO Transfers
The proposal, put forth today by Senator Kelly Ayotte and others, comes as no real surprise. -
Byman and Shapiro on Returning Foreign Fighters
My Brookings colleagues Daniel Byman, Lawfare's Foreign Policy Editor, and Jeremy Shapiro have a new paper out on a very timely subject: returning foreign fighters from Syria and Iraq. Entitled, "Be Afra... -
Futher Reflections on the Need for a Criminal Law Enforcement AND Military Approach to Terrorism
I was pleased to see my former DoJ Criminal Division colleague David Kris’s re-post of his thoughtful 2010 Brookings remarks, in which he argued that both criminal law enforcement and military force are ...
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