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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
As Paul noted here, the cybersecurity bill failed in the Senate yesterday. Oh well. Another day, another policy initiative collapses in the face of partisan polarization. -
Counting Lawfare Readers
My recent joking exchange with readers about Arlington VA’s Lawfare traffic masks a reality I have decided to take decisive action to change: We don't know how many people read Lawfare. Thanks to Google... -
Andrew Kent on Al Aulaqi and <em>Bivens</em>
I am normally pretty good about keeping up with my Lawfare-related email, but sometimes, an important emails slips through the cracks. Andrew Kent of Fordham Law School sent me this comment on my post on... -
Congress Delays Internet Posting Requirement for Executive Branch Financial Disclosure Forms
Last week, I posted about the national security and personal safety threats posed by Section 11 of the STOCK Act, which would have required senior executive branch officials to post their SF-278 financia... -
Coll on Al-Aulaqi and Targeted Killing
Over at the New Yorker blog, Steve Coll has this post on the al-Aulaqi operation, and on related reporting in Dan Klaidman's Kill or Capture. Coll focuses on capture's infeasibility, one of the condit... -
Court Will Hear Argument from Media and ACLU During 9/11 Case's Next Session
That's the word from James Connell III, an attorney for 9/11 defendant Ammar al Baluchi, a.k.a. Ali Abdul Aziz Ali. The lawyer's statement is below the fold. Today, the military commission released an... -
Cybersecurity Act of 2012 -- Cloture Vote Fails
And so it ends, not with a bang but with a whimper. Despite letters from the Director of NSA, General Alexander and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dempsey the motion to close the deb... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times At War blog has this fascinating post about how the U.S. was supplying Libya with arms during the pre-Qaddafi years of the Cold War. The post, written by C.J. Chivers and John Ismay, i... -
Iraqi Court Denies US Request to Extradite Daqduq
So reports Lara Jakes at AP, after obtaining a copy of the ruling in which an Iraqi court declined to approve Daqduq's extradition (reasoning that the Iraqi judicial system already had dismissed charges ... -
"Rights at Risk: The Limits of Liberty in Modern America," by David K. Shipler
Published by Knopf (2012) Reviewed by Sara Aronchick Solow -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times informs us that Lt. Gen. Zahir ul-Islam, the head of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, has arrived in Washington D.C. to talk to top American officials including CIA ... -
Cato's Julian Sanchez Responds to Carrie Cordero
Over at the Cato Institute's Cato@Liberty blog, Julian Sanchez responds to the recent guest post by former Justice Department official Carrie Cordero on FISA Amendments Act reauthorization. Writes Sanche...
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