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Coming Tomorrow: Teaming Up with the New Republic
I am very excited to announce that tomorrow, we are launching a project with our friends at the New Republic to bring Lawfare content and writers to the New Republic's web site. Astute readers may have n... -
Handicapping <em>al Bahlul</em>
Raff already outlined the issues the en banc D.C. Circuit (minus Judge Srinivasan) will confront in tomorrow's oral argument in al Bahlul v. United States, and I have very little of substance to add to J... -
Cyber Vacancies---Apply Now!
We know about how difficult it has been to fill the top job at DHS. It seems that the same is true of some of the career posts---especially the ones that deal with cybersecurity. According to a recent ... -
David Kris: “On the Bulk Collection of Tangible Things” (Lawfare Research Paper Series)
My fellow Americans, we have achieved a major victory in the War on Law Reviews. I’m thrilled to announce the next paper in Lawfare Research Paper Series: David Kris’s “On the Bulk Collection of Tangible... -
Oral Argument Preview: Al-Bahlul v. United States
Monday morning, an en banc panel of the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in the case Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul v. United States. -
Mark Klamberg on EU Metadata Collection
Mark Klamberg of Uppsala University Department of Law in Sweden writes in with the following guest post on European laws governing metadata collection and how it compares with U.S. law on the subject. It... -
Has the Tea Party Forgotten About 9-11?
As the government lurches towards a likely shutdown on Tuesday, Tea Party Republicans should remember that the United States remains a country at war, not only in Afghanistan, but with al-Qaida and its a... -
The Security Council Resolution on Syria: Is it Legally Binding?
There has been much commentary about the fact that the new (and as yet unnumbered) U.N. -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
A rather important hearing was held Thursday, in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. -
Damning With the Faintest of Praise
I had an interesting exchange on Twitter this morning with Glenn Greenwald about his description of me as a "virulent NSA defender." He has now posted the following update to the post in question, which ... -
Unearthed Documents Show that NSA Illegally Spied on Senators, Civil Rights Leaders, and the Media*
* - Or, at least, it did over forty years ago. In a new piece at Foreign Policy, Matthew M. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today, we start with Syria and – for once – some constructive news. The United States, Russia, UK, China and France have come to an agreement in the United Nations Security Council that “would require Sy...
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