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Your daily dose of Snowdenia: according to Euractiv, European officials were upset over a recently-publicized, Snowden-sourced disclosure, regarding the United States' eavesdropping on negotiators at a 2... -
The Cairo Diary: Days of Cold Tea and Rotting Lemons
Moldy tea bags offer the only evidence that any time has passed, when Drew Brammer walks into the apartment one week after its occupants, Hossam Meneai and Jeremy Hodge, were taken from it in the middle ... -
Readings: "Charting the Legal Geography of NIAC" by Michael Schmitt
I'll be participating this week in a Naval War College workshop on "Legal Implications of Autonomous Weapons," and since my presentation topic at the workshop is "area of operations" with respect to auto... -
Brief Outage: Our Apologies
We just had a brief outage---which is likely connected to the cyberattacks on Lawfare from yesterday, though I have not confirmed that. Our apologies to those who have had trouble accessing the site. Int... -
Al Qaeda Statement Breaking with ISIS
Courtesy of Aaron Zelin and his indispensable Jihadology blog, here is the latest dust-up in the Al Qaeda family: “On the Relationship of Qā’idat al-Jihād and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām.” -
Hasan Dindjer Takes a Look at the Parliamentary Legal Advice on GCHQ Surveillance
I met Hasan Dindjer last spring when Ken and I participated in a debate at the Oxford Union on drones. I normally pride myself on being the worst-dressed person in the room, but I was done up in an uncha... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: The (Many) Hurdles to U.S. Stabilization Operations
Editor’s Note: The United States has repeatedly intervened to stabilize conflicts and build state capacity in the developing world. Most attention focuses on the desirability of military intervention an... -
Readings: "Using Force on Land to Suppress Piracy at Sea," by Steven R. Obert
Although piracy in the Indian Ocean by Somali pirates is sharply down in the last year or two, threats remain and an increase in attacks is far from impossible. After all, little has been done to disrup... -
Today's Cyber Attack on Lawfare
Y'all might have noticed: Lawfare was inaccessible, in an on-again, off-again fashion, for a good part of the day. We asked our hosting service, Blue Water Media, to resolve the problem and report back t... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #60: Wherein We Talk to DNI General Counsel Robert Litt
Robert Litt, the general counsel to the director of national intelligence, has emerged as one of the administration's point men on response to the Snowden revelations, the defense of the intelligence com... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
After weeks dominated by talk of surveillance reform, Lawfare is slowly returning to its usual eclectic self. Wells flagged Guantanamo detainee Al Rahabi’s hearing with the Periodic Review Board. -
A Snag in the Destruction of Syria's Chemical Weapons?
After months of good news, the mission to wipe out Syria’s chemical arsenal may have run into trouble. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is charged with ensuring disp...
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