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WCL American University Program on Cyberwarfare and Law
If you are around DC on Thursday, November 8, and have an interest in cyberwarfare and law, the AU International Law Journal and National Security Law Brief are jointly presenting a program at Washington... -
Thoughts on Election Day: Towards Consensus and Institutional Settlement
I've been around this town long enough to know that Lawfare will not be the site that everyone is checking obsessively today. We're not going to have exit polls here, and this may well be the only time y... -
Carrie Cordero on Fusion Centers
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following thoughts on fusion centers: As Matt Waxman noted last month, the... -
Fourth Circuit's Samantar Decision May Create Reciprocal Risks for Former US Government Officials
Last Friday, a Fourth Circuit panel issued a surprising decision in Yousuf v. Samantar, in which it concluded that “officials from other countries are not entitled to foreign official immunity for jus co... -
Happy Guy Fawkes Day
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Why <em>Boumediene</em> "Rights" Don't "Expire": A Response to Professor Kent
Readers probably won't be surprised that, as Professor Andrew Kent noted at the end of his guest post, I've already drafted a longer response to Andrew's important and provocative new essay, "Do Boumedie... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
For those seeking a respite from pre-election analysis and predictions, you've come to the right place. Or at least, the closest thing to right place based in Washington, D.C. -
Lawfare was Down for a Few Minutes--Apologies
No, it wasn't a cyber-attack. I was doing some work on the Wiki Document Library and accidentally password protected the entire site. Thanks to those of you who brought this to my attention, and apologie... -
Will Drone Strikes Become Obama's Guantanamo -- Or Romney's?
A year ago, I wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post entitled “Will Drone Strikes Become Obama’s Guantanamo?” in which I argued that unless the Obama Administration did a better job explaining the legal a... -
Andrew Kent on the Expiration of <em>Boumediene</em> Rights
Andrew Kent of Fordham University School of Law has a challenging new essay out on whether Boumediene rights expire--arguing provocatively that they do, notwithstanding government concessions in habeas l... -
DOJ Jumps Shark, Notices Appeal of Lamberth MOU Ruling
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An Important Human Interest Story on Drones
From The Onion: MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN—According to CIA officials and sources on the ground in the region, an unlikely friendship has developed between a 9-year-old Pakistani boy and a U.S. MQ-1 Predator dr...
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