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More on Asymmetries Between USG Response to Cyber Exploitation and Cyber Attack
I have been beating this one the death, and will not for a while after this, but the gap between the supposed threat of cyberespionage and our response to it continues to amaze. From Ellen Nakashima, we... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Now that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (just the senators, remember, not the staff) has gotten its hands on the OLC memos related to the targeted killing program, many others are jockeying ... -
2/11 Hearing #1: Who Hears What, the Chow at Guantanamo, and a Brief Delay
At 9:01, Judge Pohl takes the bench, authority-emanating robes and all. All parties are present, including the five accused. Prosecutor Robert Swann notes the continued presence of FBI personnel and an... -
Senator Graham's Threat to Block Hagel/Brennan Nominations
Senator Lindsey Graham threatened yesterday to block confirmation of Chuck Hagel and John Brennan unless President Obama provides more information about his knowledge of the Benghazi attacks. I have gre... -
Asymmetrical Responses to Presidential Counterterrorism Policies
John is right to note that Obama gets more slack than Bush on some of his counterterrorism policies – namely, most if not all of the elements of the aggressive Bush policies that he continued and (in som... -
9/11 Case Hearing: February 11 Session
Your correspondents---Wells and Sophie---return to Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, for almost-live CCTV hearings in United States v. Mohammed et al. -
Ryan Goodman on The Power to Kill or Capture Enemy Combatants
Ryan Goodman has a timely and important new article, forthcoming in EJIL, entitled The Power to Kill or Capture Enemy Combatants. The Introduction to the piece (footnotes omitted) should draw many reade... -
Two New Pieces on Surveillance by Susan Landau (and Friends)
Susan Landau is the author of Surveillance or Security?: The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technologies, a careful, clear, and informed book about how government mechanisms for surveillance (legal and o... -
Mark R. Jacobson on 5 Myths About Drone Warfare in the Washington Post
John Bellinger makes note in his post below that that Obama administration faces increasing organized NGO, activist-advocacy, and European pushback on drone warfare, and he cites today's front page NYT s... -
Statement by the Chief Prosecutor Regarding Upcoming Hearings in the 9/11 Case
You can find a copy here. An excerpt from the statement by Chief Prosecutor Brig. Gen. -
Reminder: Hearings Resume Tomorrow in the 9/11 Case
Folks, at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, pre-trial hearings resume in the 9/11 case. As always, Lawfare will cover the four-day session, which we’ll observe remotely, via closed-circuit television. The day report... -
Peter Baker on Mounting Criticisms of Obama Administration CT Policies
Peter Baker, who is finishing a book on the Bush Presidency, has a long front-page article in the New York Times today entitled "Obama's Turn in Bush's Bind" discussing how the mounting domestic and inte...
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