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As Congress enters its lame-duck session, Foreign Policy outlines the nine ways that foreign policy will dominate the agenda. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) anticipates that the Senate will soon consider an A... -
U.S. Delegation Asserts Article 16 of Convention Against Torture Applies Outside U.S. Territority in Certain Circumstances, but Law of Armed Conflict "Takes Precedence" In Situations of Armed Conflict
As previewed by Charlie Savage in the New York Times this morning, the U.S. delegation appeared before the Committee Against Torture in Geneva today and announced a modest but important change in the U.S. -
NYT on Autonomous Weapons and Ways to Regulate Them
The New York Times has a useful article today on autonomous weapon systems and debate about their regulation. The issue is also on the discussion agenda this week in Geneva for the UN Convention on Cert... -
The Preamble to the ISIS AUMF
Allow me to stress an issue perhaps in the capillaries, rather than at the heart, of the ISIS AUMF debate: language in the next AUMF’s preamble. So far as I know, nobody is talking about this just yet. -
Wilson Center Event on ISIS and Congressional Authorization
Streaming video is below. As noted earlier, Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va) will give remarks on ISIS and congressional authorization; afterwards, Wilson Center Director and former Representative Jane Harman, ... -
PCLOB Hearing on "Defining Privacy"
It's ongoing now. Details are available here. and live streaming video is available over at C-SPAN. -
The Obama Administration's Position on the CAT
The New York Times' Charlie Savage has the scoop: WASHINGTON — A treaty ban on cruel treatment will restrict how the United States may treat prisoners in certain places abroad, the Obama administration ... -
Privacy as a Utilitarian Value
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is is an advisory body to assist the President and other senior Executive branch officials in ensuring that concerns with respect to privacy and civil libe... -
A New AUMF, The Lame-Duck Session, and the Meaning of Sunset Clauses
Two quick reactions to John Bellinger’s post on a new ISIL AUMF: I agree that the new Congress and not the lame duck Congress is best suited to revise the 2001 AUMF (and, in my opinion, also to put the ... -
The Lame Duck Congress Should Not Sunset the 2001 AUMF
I am troubled that the two proposals for a new AUMF posted by my Lawfare colleagues (Jack, Bobby, Ben, and Matt) and by a group at Just Security -- while constructive -- would both repeal the 2001 AUMF. ... -
Happy Veterans Day
From all of us here at Lawfare: a note of profound gratitude for the sacrifices made by our veterans and their families. -
A Response to Steve Vladeck on the AUMF Principles
I am a little perplexed by Steve's response to my critique of the AUMF principles he helped write. Steve accuses me of "hiding the ball." But he seems to me, rather, to be moving the goalposts.
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