The panel's decision in the closely-watched case of Aamer v. Obama was handed down this morning.  The majority opinion opens: TATEL, Circuit Judge: Petitioners Ahmed Belbacha, Abu Dhiab, and Shaker Aame...

Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller report in the WP that Al-Qaeda’s recent expulsion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has raised questions about whether the AUMF “still applies” to ISIS.

Published by Amazon Kindle Single (2014) Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes Over the past few weeks, several members of congressional intelligence committees have intimated that Edward Snowden might have bee...

Some thoughts on this morning’s drone strike news (NYT, WSJ). The NYT says that President Obama’s announcement last May of an intention “to gradually shift drone operations from the C

One of the policy questions kicked to the DNI in PDD-28 was defining the permissible uses of bulk collection. Thanks to Thomas Earnest over at Just Security, I just noticed that the DNI has now done so.

This one is a strong competitor.  I'm trying to think of other uses for this "precedent" -- no power or water for the Army (by peace activists).   Or power for Obamacare servers.  I wonder if these State...

Over at Politico, Josh Gerstein has an interesting piece on the Ali piracy case, and its potential implications for terrorism cases.  The article---which quotes Jen Daskal and Cully Stimson, among others...

Kimberly Dozier AP reports this morning that "[a]n American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, . . .

Editor’s Note: Terrorist groups typically rely on tried and true tactics such as shootings, bombings, and of course suicide attacks. These and a handful of other methods represent the vast majority of te...

Is it just me or is everyone being infantile about the fact that Russia bugged some US diplomatic communications. The State Department is reaching for the smelling salts because, gasp!, they're spying on...

The Russian Business Network is active in Sochi.  Lookingglass sees significant criminal assets in Sochi and warns against using 4G networks.  Not the same as the NBC story -- but still a cautionary note...