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DCCA to Al-Bahlul: Do You Want to Keep Pursuing Your Case?
The D.C. Circuit wants to know whether Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al-Bahlul desires to continue challenging his conviction by a military commission. And the appeals court wants an answer from the accused h... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #31: Special Edition: Ben Emmerson Discusses His Investigation
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism, Ben Emmerson, came by the Brookings Institution this morning for a wide-ranging discussion on his investigation of drone strikes. We had planne... -
Thoughts on AUMF Reform
This Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing which will cover, among other things, the question whether to alter the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force. This is a qu... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing to discuss potential revisions to the 2001 AUMF. The Hill's Jeremy Herb reports; here's the hearing announcement. -
Wikipedia Volunteer Elijah Bosley Responds
This morning, I posted a link to a new article I have written with Stephanie Leutert about our efforts to edit the Wikipedia page on "lawfare." The article describes how a volunteer Wikipedia editor name... -
AP: DOJ Secretly Obtained AP Reporters' Phone Call Records
So we learn from this Associated Press story. It hints that the records' acquisition may stem from a DOJ inquiry into the disclosure, last year, of classified material to the AP---regarding the CIA's di... -
Readings: Michael Glennon on the "Incompleteness" of International Law Governing the Use of Force
International and foreign relations law professor Michael J. Glennon has posted a new paper to SSRN, "The Road Ahead: Gaps, Leaks, and Drips," which will be of considerable interest to both scholars and ... -
On Wikipedia, Lawfare, Blogs, and Sources
A few months ago, I was asked to give a talk at the Pentagon on the concept of lawfare. I opened it with a story about how some months earlier I had tried had tried to edit the Wikipedia page on the word... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Many thanks to Ritika for taking the Roundup wheel, so to speak, while I was out of the office for a few days. David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth have this important piece in the New York Times on cyberma... -
Cert. Denied in <em>Ali</em> Court-Martial Case
Not for the first time, and certainly not for the last, it appears that the Supreme Court disagrees with me--and doesn't think the constitutionality of courts-martial for civilian contractors is worth it... -
Readings: Thomas Nachbar on Legitimacy and Counterinsurgency
Thomas Nachbar (well known to many Lawfare readers - University of Virginia law professor and US Army reservist in the JAG Corps, among other roles) has posted to SSRN a paper originally published last ... -
Eric Holder Comments on Civilian Justice System
Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday made these remarks at the University of California Berkeley School of Law's Commencement.
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