Okay, guys, I know that Guy Fawkes tried to blow up King James I, but launching fireworks at Buckingham Palace to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day? Very uncool.

It’s no accident that ousted President Mohamed Morsi’s trial happened in a place called the Fifth Settlement, which was, until ten years ago, in the middle of the desert. Parts of it fit that description...

Today the D.C. Circuit handed down its opinion in a Guantanamo detainee's habeas-related appeal. The detainee filed his notice of appeal too late, concluded the three-judge panel, thus divesting the appe...

So, what are we to make of claims that the NSA scandal will lead other countries to set up their own non-USA cloud?  I really can't speak to the political imperative, but this is pretty notable:  Google ...

Over at The National Interest, I just published a short piece about the military balance in East Asia.

At yesterday's hearing of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, I argued that a "rule of lenity" for foreign intelligence surveillance law could be a helpful way to regulate national security ...

Over the past month, Jane Chong has written a series of posts published over at Security States that go under the title “Bad Code.”  Her thesis (amply documented) is that those who write software code ge...

As I've noted before, Guy Fawkes Day is a special day for Lawfare readers as it is the only holiday, at least to my knowledge, devoted to the failure of non-state actors to destroy symbols of state power...

The Washington Post reports comments by Attorney General Eric Holder on the pace of military commissions at a news conference yesterday: “I think that had we gone along the path that I announced at that ...