I want to pile on briefly to Jack’s and Ben’s support for prosecuting Ahmed Abu Khattala in federal court for violation of U.S. criminal laws. I have pointed out for many years that civil liberties grou...

I agree with Jack that military detention or trial by military commission are likely not available options for Ahmed Abu Khattala. But I'm hung up on a different point: Why are so many conservatives so m...

Last week, as I noted in Bits and Bytes, the Chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, gave a speech at AEI in which he claimed a role for the FCC in advancing cybersecurity. Today, Rep. Mike Rogers threw a fla...

Many have criticized the Obama administration’s plans to try the alleged leader of the Benghazi, Ahmed Abu Khattala, in civilian court.  “Ahmed Abu Khattala should be held at Guantanamo as a potential en...

An important story tonight in the Wall Street Journal, outlining the first fruits of the Obama administration's review of its options vis-a-vis Iraq and ISIS: The White House and Pentagon now hold a mor...

The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senators Feinstein and Chambliss have introduced a draft cybersecurity information sharing bill.  Early coverage of the bill from ...

I largely agree with Steve Vladeck's excellent post on Judge Richard Posner's decision yesterday in Daoud and Judge Ilana Rovner's concurrence in that decision.

Paul already flagged yesterday’s Seventh Circuit decision in Daoud, in which the Court of Appeals reversed Judge Coleman’s headline-grabbing order—which had required the government to provide Daoud’s sec...

The Supreme Court held today in Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not limit the scope of discovery available against a foreign sovereign in a post-judgme...

Such is the import of this letter, sent today by President Obama to the Speaker of the House.  The letter says, in pertinent part: Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Starting on June 15, 2014, up t...