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NPR on the Situation in Guantanamo
National Public Radio has run this very interesting story on the situation at Guantanamo. It's a lengthy segment, more than 11 minutes and features extended comments from former Attorney General Alberto ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
I have emerged from my undisclosed location to bring you this week at Lawfare, which saw a lot of detention-related commentary, a serious dose of Ben critiquing Harold Koh, analysis of U.S.-versus-China ... -
Boston & Local Police Intelligence: an FBI Statement and a Response from Faiza Patel
Earlier today I posted a commentary on "Boston Bombings: Local Police and Counterterrorism Intelligence," based on reported claims that the FBI failed to pass on important threat information to the Bosto... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Benjamin Weiser of the New York Times reports on a terrorism case unsealed in Manhattan last night. One Ahmed Abassi from Tunisia has been “accused of seeking to develop a terrorist network in the United... -
Laura Dean on Salafis in the Arab World
Laura Dean is a journalist and writer living in Cairo, from where she has been doing election monitoring projects in countries around the region. She is also a good friend, from earlier days when she liv... -
Cully Stimson on Heritage's New National Security Law Program
Over at the Heritage Foundation, Senior Legal Fellow Cully Stimson held this event the other day, at which Kenneth Wainstein spoke: -
Boston Bombings: Local Police and Counterterrorism Intelligence
The New York Times had a story yesterday headlined “F.B.I. Didn’t Tell Boston Police of Warning on Brother”: Police Commissioner Edward Davis said that though some of his officers worked with the F.B.I. ... -
New America Says Guantanamo Recidivism Rate Isn't as High as Intelligence Community Claims
The New America Foundation has released a fact sheet listing the identities of Guantanamo Bay detainees who are "confirmed to be or suspected of engaging in militant activities against either U.S. or non... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Let’s begin with yesterday’s Benghazi hearing. Gregory Hicks, former Deputy Chief of the U.S. Mission in Libya, gave a first-hand account of the attack, and said that he was demoted for questioning the a... -
Some Answers for Steve on Harold Koh
Steve has responded to my post on Harold Koh’s sudden discovery of inviolable commander in chief powers. -
Harold Koh on What Would Al Gore Do?
From Harold Koh’s speech to the Oxford Union the other day: Suppose we are back at Sept 18, 2001, and Congress has just passed the AUMF against Al Qaeda. Suppose the President –let’s assume it for the sa... -
Harold Koh Identifies Another Big Difference Between the Bush and Obama Administrations
From Harold Koh’s speech to the Oxford Union the other day: the first "obvious" difference between the Bush and Obama administrations is that "the Obama Administration has not treated the post-9/11 confl...
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