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The Week That Will Be
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Statement From the Chief Prosecutor on This Week's Hearing in the 9/11 Case
You'll find it here. We'll cover the two-day mini-hearing, which will commence tomorrow at 0900 down at Guantanamo. The statement opens: Good evening and Happy Father’s Day. I refer to Father’s Day wit... -
The Centennial of the Guns of August and the Great War
Some years ago, I happened to be in London mid-November and had lunch with a dear friend, my long-time editor at the Times Literary Supplement. I noted he wore a small felt flower--a poppy, I realized--i... -
Rescuing the Kidnapped Turks in Iraq
The question on everyone's lips is whether the United States will use force – most likely air strikes -- in Iraq to help suppress the threat posed by ISIS. Jack, Wells, and Bobby discussed here, here, a... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Turkey—How to Manage the Endless Syrian War
Editor’s Note: The carnage in Syria is a nightmare for the country’s neighbors, saddling them with huge numbers of refugees, riling up public opinion, and creating a risk of terrorism. Turkey, one of Ame... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #79: The Case For and Against a FISA Advocate
On Tuesday, at the 2014 Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference, a panel of experts debated the pros and cons of adding outside lawyers to litigation before two tribunals at the heart of the NSA survei... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Renewed trouble in Iraq dominated this week’s headlines. Jack remarked on the growing threats to U.S. interests and considered how we might try to combat Islamist terror groups. -
The Relatively Weak Article II Basis for Bombing Iraq and Syria (and, Remember the President’s August 31, 2013 Speech?)
I explained yesterday why I believe the administration has a straightforward argument for relying on the 2002 Iraq AUMF if it chooses to use force against ISIS in Iraq. (Bobby and Wells disagree, and th... -
Air Strikes and ISIS: A Quick Review of the Article II, 2001 AUMF, and 2002 AUMF Arguments
Today President Obama ruled out sending ground forces back into Iraq, but he pointedly did not rule out the direct use of U.S. air power in kinetic operations against ISIS. The President explained that h... -
Congressional Intent, the 2002 AUMF, and ISIS
Jack's reading of the 2002 AUMF is more than plausible. And I wouldn't be surprised if the executive branch adopted that reading, in searching out a statutory basis for military action against ISIS. -
Statement by the President on Iraq
Ben posted the video of his remarks and the short Q and A that followed. -
President Obama to Issue a Statement on Iraq
Here it is:
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