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The Fifth Anniversary of President Obama's Guantanamo Closure Order
Today is the fifth anniversary of President Obama’s executive order directing the closure of Guantanamo within one year. I welcomed the President’s order at the time, but I commented on NPR and elsewher... -
Oral Argument Recap: Abdullah v. Obama
The long-running habeas case of -
Hugo Teufel III on the Death of Otis Pike
The New York Times reports today that former Representative Otis G. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A few snow flurries have shut down the federal government, but they won't shut down the Lawfare news roundup---though it's a light news day anyway. The New York Times and Washington Post report that the... -
Americans Oppose NSA Programs---And Want Snowden Prosecuted
That's the mixed message of this new poll from the Pew Center for the People and the Press, which also suggests---among other things---that President Obama's speech is not resonating all that much with t... -
Tomorrow at the D.C. Circuit: Abdullah v. Obama
Tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m., a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument in the Guantanamo habeas case of Abdullah v. Obama. Before Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, and Senior... -
Which Foreign Leaders Are On the "Do Not Listen" List?
In his excellent analysis of the President's NSA speech and PPD-28, Ben suggests that there is less than meets the eye to the President's promise not to listen in on the conversations of foreign leaders ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to all. The news cycle belongs to Iran. -
The President's Speech and PPD-28: A Guide for the Perplexed
President Obama's speech on Friday and its accompanying Presidential Policy Directive (PDD-28) cover a lot of ground, announce a bunch of reforms, announce plans and direction for more, and kick still ot... -
The President’s Speech -- A Striking Omission
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial about the President’s speech faults the President for failing to give credit to Edward Snowden: One of his biggest lapses was his refusal to acknowledge that his enti... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Charles Lister on "The anti-Jihadist Revolt in Syria"
The revolt against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (greater Syria), usually referred to by its acronym ISIS, is the latest dramatic turn in the Syrian civil war. In the last few weeks, a range of r... -
FISC Query Preapproval: Intelligence Burden or Bump in the Road?
Never was the phrase “the devil’s in the details” more apt than in describing President Obama’s instruction, yesterday, that the government query its bulk collection metadata only “after a judicial findi...
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