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Tools and Tradeoffs: A Second Call for Comments
About a month ago, I posted a draft paper my colleague Dan Byman and I had put together about the different tools the United States uses to go after citizens waging war against it from abroad. In the cru... -
Another Newspaper Does a Completely Trite Drone Video
What a useful contribution to the debate! From the Washington Post. -
The ACLU’s Limited Victory in the D.C. Circuit FOIA Case
Judge Garland’s persuasive opinion in the ACLU FOIA case is important but narrow, and its significance for intelligence community transparency is entirely unclear. Recall that the CIA had refused to res... -
"The Gatekeepers," by Dror Moreh (Director)
Published by Sony Pictures Classics-US Release (Israel 2012) Reviewed by Alan Rozenshtein, Ritika Singh, and Netta Barak-Corren -
Should Abu Ghaith Have Been Sent to GTMO? Senators Ayotte and Graham (Still) Think So
Wednesday on the Senate floor, three senators spoke about the Obama administration's decision to prosecute, in a federal court, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and Al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith. Re... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
First up: U.S.-Afghanistan talks, as reported by Karen DeYoung and Kevin Sieff of the Washington Post. According to them, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lambasted the United States' refusal to trans... -
D.C. Circuit Rejects <em>Glomar</em> Response in ACLU/CIA Drone FOIA Suit
Pretty big decision by the D.C. Circuit this morning, reversing the district court's dismissal of the ACLU's drone-related FOIA suit against the CIA on the ground that the Agency's "Glomar response" was ... -
The Politics of Accountability for Targeted Killings
As regular readers know, I authored three posts on the kill-list creation process. In my first post I explained how law creates categories of targets, and how bureaucrats begin to create lists of target... -
Pillage and Plunder in South Asia
Don’t look now, but a populous Muslim country in the Indian subcontinent is simmering with tension between its Islamist parties and its ruling civilian government. No, I’m not talking about Pakistan. -
Drones, Domestic Detention, and the Costs of Libertarian Hijacking
The more I reflect on last week's drone contretemps--and what effect the efforts of Senator Paul and his followers has had / may still have on U.S. policy--the more I have a profound and distressing sens... -
Government Uses Lethal Force Against U.S. Citizen on U.S. Soil...
I'm not at all happy that today's news out of upstate New York proves the point that Jack and I (and a cast of dozens) have tried to make about domestic use of lethal force, but it's worth pointing out t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
First, a public service announcement: I join my fellow news followers, journalists, and blog junkies in exasperation over Google's announcement that it is "retiring" Google Reader. My only hope is that y...
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