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Now That's Dedication
My wife and I live on Capitol Hill. Every morning we go for a walk. Today, at 9 AM, as we were coming up the Hill we passed the Supreme Court .... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Big news that things are probably going to stay the same on the drone front---at least according to Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane of the New York Times, who write that the transition of the targeted kill... -
This Case Citation . . .
. . . perhaps supplies a mid-day Moment of Zen. I refer to 577 N.E. 2d 926 (Ill. Ct. App. 1991). You may know the case by its title, In Re: Marriage of Drone. Appellate Court of Illinois,Fifth Distri... -
The Frenemy Press on Ben Emmerson's Statement
As Ben and Gregory McNeal posted earlier, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights, Ben Emmerson, issued this statement on March 14 after a three-day visit to Pakistan, ... -
How To Declare War (Anno Domini, 1429)
Jhesus-Maria, King of England, and you, Duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the Kingdom of France, you, Guillaume de la Poule, count of Suffort, Jean, sire of Talbot, and you, Thomas, sire of Sc... -
Mary Dudziak's Bizarre Oped
Mary Dudziak has a truly bizarre oped in the New York Times today taking on the Obama administration's drone wars on, let's just say, a new basis: that President Nixon once secretly bombed Cambodia. I'm... -
It's Time for a White Paper on Congressional Oversight of Targeted Killings
In my prior posts I discussed the process of targeted killing, and some of the accountability mechanisms embedded in the process. This post, and my next and final post will address reform recommendation... -
Keith Gerver on Yesterday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing
Keith Gerver writes in with the following account of yesterday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, which seems to have tracked closely some recent arguments on Lawfare: The recent debate betwee... -
SecDef Names Interim Convening Authority For Military Commissions
So we learn from this announcement, released this afternoon by the Department of Defense: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has designated Honorable Paul L. Oostburg Sanz to serve as the convening authori... -
More on Drone Shift from CIA to DOD
Following up on Wells’ post, I increasingly think that the shift in drone authorities from CIA to DOD first reported by Dan Klaidman might not amount to much in substance, and that any proposed changes ... -
Exactly What Targeted Killing Duties Are Shifting from CIA to DOD?
Lawfarers are by now steeped in this news: the White House apparently intends to diminish the CIA's responsibility for drone strikes, and to transfer that responsibility, over time, to the Department of ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Another day, another leak: Greg Miller of the Washington Post tells of a secret, if year-old, report by the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. The report found that the intelligence community must...
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