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The Foreign Policy Essay: Evangelicals, Israel, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Editor’s Note: Although the “Israel lobby” and the support of the American Jewish community for Israel have long received considerable attention, the U.S. evangelical community and its strong backing for... -
Gen. Keith Alexander: We Will Miss You
Throughout American history occasional strategic thinkers have transformed the way we think about new domains of warfare and security. Alfred Thayer Mahan conceived of the geostrategic role of sea power ... -
Who Controls the Internet Address Book? ICANN, NTIA and IANA
It is almost axiomatic in Washington, that the bureaucracy buries news of which it is not proud with a release late in the day on a Friday afternoon. Though it is a bit harsh to say so, one suspects tha... -
Lawfare Podcast, Episode #66: A Conversation with Shane Harris
Shane Harris was the first ever guest on the Lawfare Podcast, and today, he becomes the first ever return guest. The Foreign Policy writer has had a busy week covering the CIA-SSCI flap. -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The big news this week was the public explosion of long-simmering tensions between CIA and the Senate Intelligence Committee over a soon-to-be-completed report on Bush-era interrogation techniques. Wells... -
Drone Strikes in Yemen Accelerating Lately...But What If Anything Does It Signify?
Worth noting: There have been four reported drone strikes in Yemen over the past two weeks. Long War Journal provides the details on the latest one here; LWJ's drone coverage in general is simply invalu... -
Michael Lumpkin (ASD-SO/LIC) on Revisiting the AUMF and Article II as a Backstop
The slow-boil debate regarding the fate of the 2001 AUMF continues. The subject came up on March 11 when Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) Michael Lum... -
The Obama Administration Embraces the Domestic-Only Reading of the ICCPR
It's official: the Obama Administration is sticking with the Clinton and Bush Administration positions on whether America's ICCPR obligations apply abroad, denying that they do. Charlie Savage has the ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Politico reports that the House Intelligence Committee is nearing a bipartisan agreement on legislation that would end the NSA’s bulk telephony data collection program. The plan would allow telephone co... -
NYU School of Law Event: "'The Snowden Operation': A Victory for Privacy Rights or for Russia?"
NYU School of Law hosted a debate yesterday between Edward Lucas, Senior Editor of The Economist and author of The Snowden Operation: Inside the West’s Greatest Intelligence Disaster---which Ben reviewed... -
Intelligence Squared US Debate: "The President Has Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad"
For the Motion: Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Michael Lewis, Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University School of Law Against the Motion: -
ATS/TVPA Suit Against Cisco Systems Dismissed on Political Question and Act of State Grounds
Another belated post: last week, a district court in Maryland dismissed a ATS and TVPA lawsuit filed in 2011 by members of the Chinese Falun Gong a group of Chinese dissidents against Cisco Systems, the ...
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