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D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial of Preliminary Injunction in Abdullah v. Obama
The D.C. Circuit has just handed down a 12-page decision in Abdullah v. Obama, affirming the district court's denial of Abdullah's motion to enjoin the U.S. government from detaining him. Hani Saleh Rash... -
WeRobot2014 Conference Underway at University of Miami
The annual WeRobot program has emerged as the key conference on the legal, policy, moral, and other normative questions related to robotics. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s tragic shooting at Fort Hood, we begin to consider how this could have happened. The New York Times explains that Wednesday’s deadly shooting is eerily reminiscent of a sh... -
"Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy," by Rahul Sagar
Published by Princeton University Press (2013) Reviewed by Steven Aftergood -
SSCI Votes to Release Parts of Detention and Interrogation Report
Likely you know by now of this afternoon's 11-3 vote. -
Mining Big Data for Public Opinion on NSA
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A Moment of Levity
A moment of levity from the NSA conference Bobby is hosting down at University of Texas. Towards the end of an excellent discussion between Hanni Fakhoury, Benjamin Powell and Ahmed Ghappour about the fu... -
Three Speeches on Cybersecurity by Dan Geer
Cyber security maven Dan Geer has given three speeches in the last six months that are worth a read: (a) APT in a World of Rising Interdependence, given last month at the NSA; (b) We Are All Intelligence... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The leading, and tragic, news is a shooting yesterday at Fort Hood by an Iraq War veteran who killed three and wounded sixteen before killing himself. According to reports, the shooter, Ivan Lopez, was b... -
Mirski on Recent ATS Case
Sean Mirski, a Lawfare contributor, has a case note in the Harvard Law Review on the Second Circuit’s important post-Kiobel decision in Balintulo v. -
The National Security Agency at the Crossroads: A Conference at UT---Livestream
Here is a livestream of the conference, taking place today and tomorrow at the University of Texas, "The National Security Agency at the Crossroads." -
Toward a Coherent Theory of the “Military Exception” to Article III
My very first Lawfare post, back in December 2011, focused on the messy constitutional question raised by United States v. Ali—a case then pending before the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces that ra...
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