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Waxman on Cyber Law, Strategy, and Policy
Matt Waxman has just published a new cyber paper that’s well worth reading. The piece picks up on an earlier article of Matt’s that explored when states might treat cyber-attacks as "force" or "armed att... -
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Yesterday
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday held a hearing on "Counterterrorism Policies and Priorities: Addressing the Evolving Threat." Video is available here. The witnesses, and their prepared s... -
JTF-GTMO Statement on Guantanamo Hunger Strikes
Charlie Savage of the New York Times has this story this morning on the hunger strikes at Guantanamo. It includes this lengthy statement from Captain Robert Durand, Director of Public Affairs, JTF-Gutana... -
Thoughts on Possible End to CIA Targeted Killing
As Jack mentioned, Dan Klaidman of the Daily Beast reported today that “the White House is poised to sign off on a plan to shift the CIA’s lethal targeting program to the Defense Department." Over at Fo... -
Al-Bahlul's Response to USG Petition for Rehearing <em>En Banc</em>
Military commission accused Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulaiman al-Bahlul has submitted his response to the government's petition for rehearing by the full D.C. -
A New Al Qaeda Prosecution in New York
Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun (aka Spin Ghul) is in custody in Brooklyn, facing an array of federal court charges stemming from alleged al Qaeda activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria betwe... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Afghan President Hamid Karzai won a small victory in his negotiations with the United States: U.S. Special Operations forces will pull out from Wardak province, where---according to Karzai---elite teams ... -
Libya(?) and the Case for a New AUMF
While we appreciate Ben's answer to our question (and share his view that we’re reaching the point of the conversation where everything has been said and everyone has said it), we still fail to understan... -
Our Non-Answer to Jen and Steve's Question
In their latest post, Jen and Steve ask me the following question: "Why, exactly, are you so convinced that [ad hoc Congressional authorization for armed conflict is] unrealistic, and that we’d be better... -
The Capture-or-Kill Debate #11: Goodman Responds to Ohlin
The following guest post is the latest in a series comprising a debate as to whether LOAC requires an attempt to capture rather than a first-resort to lethal force in some circumstances. The debate invo... -
Espionage in the Aloha State? <em>U.S. v. Bishop</em>
Filed March 14th in the U.S. District Court of Hawaii: a criminal complaint against a civilian defense contractor, Benjamin Bishop, for unlawfully leaking national security secrets to his girlfriend. Th... -
A Question for Ben
Ben writes that it is the “political reality” that “any president is going to feel obliged to maintain counterterrorism on offense,” i.e., counterterrorism through military means, “and Congress—whining, ...
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