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Afghanistan May Release Hundreds of Detainees Transferred from US Military Custody
The unwinding of US detention operations in Afghanistan continues. The latest development concerns the population of some 880 Afghan detainees whom the United States has transferred to Afghan control a... -
Please Rate and Review the Lawfare Podcast
Over the last months, the listenership of the Lawfare Podcast has risen notably. It used to be that an episode would get about 400 downloads; that's now up to a baseline of about 1,200---and sometimes mu... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
FISA reform took center stage this week: Raffaela gave us a detailed and elucidating tour of the relevant legislative plans, players, and issues. While the two main proposals share some common ground, Be... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #48: Jack Speaks at Hoover to and On the National Security Press
On October 25, the Hoover Institution held a day-long media colloquium out at Stanford University for a group of journalists. The sessions were focused on national security legal issues and the work of H... -
Tsarnaev Files Reply in Support of Motion to Vacate Special Administrative Measures
On Monday, accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed his reply to the government's response to his motion to vacate special administrative measures (SAMs) imposed on him and his attorneys. -
Lenity and the FISA Reform Endgame
I was on the same panel as Orin at Monday's day-long hearing before the Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and think there's a lot to commend his proposal for a statutory rule of lenity as a tool... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced this morning that the main Syrian opposition group has refused to participate in talks with the Syrian government that would have taken place in Moscow. -
Bond v United States: The Supreme Court Should Not Let Bad Facts Make Bad Law
As Raff noted earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in the strange case of Bond v United States, in which a Pennsylvania woman, Carol Anne Bond, was convicted under a federa... -
Reply Brief Availabile in Hatim v. Obama, Oral Argument Set for Dec. 9
In Hatim v. Obama, a.k.a. the Guantanamo "counsel access case," the government's reply brief has been submitted, and the D.C. Circuit has slated the case for oral argument on Monday, December 9. We've c... -
Caroline Krass Nominated as CIA GC
The President has just nominated Caroline Krass to be General Counsel of the CIA, to succeed Stephen Preston. Although late in coming, this is an excellent appointment. Caroline is currently the Princ... -
David Miranda Challenges Schedule 7 Detention
Today David Miranda, partner of Glenn Greenwald, was back at the Royal Courts of Justice to continue his suit against the home secretary and the Metropolitan police commissioner for his eight-hour, 55-mi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The NSA isn't the only organization interested in metadata. The CIA pays AT&T more than $10 million per year to access its vast database of phone records---which the phone company has voluntarily agreed ...
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