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Lawfare Podcast, Episode #67: An Address by NATO's Secretary General
This week, my Brookings colleagues in our Foreign Policy Program hosted an address by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen for a speech and audience Q&A on Russia, Ukraine and Crimea and, more ge... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Let's start with NSA news. This week, attention shifted slightly from from NSA’s domestic 215 program to its foreign collection activities. -
More from the FISC on Preservation Orders in Civil Cases Against NSA and Metadata Destruction
This just in from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court---in the person of its Presiding Judge, Reggie Walton, and regarding data retention issues. These have arisen, of course, in light of the FIS... -
Thornberry and Lumpkin on AUMF Renewal
Last week I noted an interesting exchange on AUMF renewal (and life in a post-AUMF world) during Michael Lumpkin's March 11 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. When Lumpkin appeared be... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama has expanded sanctions on Russia just as President Putin formally completed Russia's annexation of Crimea. -
Habeas and the Military Commissions After Aamer
I’ve already written at some length about the D.C. Circuit’s decision last month in Aamer v. -
Snowden v. Ledgett at TED
Edward Snowden gave a TED talk at TED2014: After it, TED folks offered NSA a chance to respond---and Rick Ledgett, deputy director of the agency, showed up by video conference to answer quest... -
The US and Human Rights: A Federalist Society Debate
Criticizing the US stance on human rights treaties is practically an international sport, as evidenced by the bruising reception the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) gave to a US delegation last week. As... -
In Memoriam: Ambassador Robert Strauss
I'm sorry to report that Ambassador Bob Strauss has passed. He lived an extraordinary life, punctuated by an astonishing array of accomplishments and contributions to the greater good. I'm deeply proud... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Australian government recently announced that satellite images indicate objects in the southern Indian Ocean that may be connected to the still-missing flight MH370. Aircraft and vessels have been re... -
Snowden Disclosures and Norms of Cyber-Attacks
Secrecy---of the sort that typically shrouds cyber-defense and cyber-attack capabilities and doctrine---complicates the development of international norms. Secrecy makes it difficult to engage in sustai... -
Periodic Review Board Hearing Today
Today an interagency review panel will hear, by video hookup, the case of Guantanamo detainee Ali Ahmad al-Razihi. The issue is whether the Yemeni's further detention is necessary to protect a continuin...
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