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Amicus Support for Samantar Cert Petition
What do the Governments of Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka and former Attorneys General William Barr, Ed Meese, and Dick Thornburgh have in common? Answer: They all believe that the Supreme Court should gr... -
District Court: No Jurisdiction Over Emergency GTMO Motion on Water, Cold
That's the gist of this report, filed earlier today by Politico's Josh Gerstein: A federal judge declined Monday to take action on behalf of a hunger-striking prisoner at Guantanamo Bay whose attorneys s... -
The Best Twitter Sources from the Boston Marathon
Twitter has much of the best, most accurate, fastest information on the situation in Boston right now. It also has a lot of crazed garbage. We’ve created the following feed composed entirely of people an... -
A Typology for Evaluating Active Cyber Defenses
As readers of this blog know, many in the US have begun to debate the legal and policy questions surrounding private sector “hack back,” also sometimes known as “active defenses.” Of course to some of u... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Guantanamo detainees' hunger strike took a violent turn over the weekend, with prison guards using force in order to subdue the detainees. -
Tim Starks of CQ on Lawfare
Over at the CQ Weekly, Tim Starks has written a mini-profile of Lawfare. It opens (warning: paywall): When the House Judiciary Committee summoned experts in February to testify about the legality of dron... -
Hunger Striking Guantanamo Detainee Writes an Oped
Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, a detainee at Guantánamo Bay, has this oped in the New York Times, told through his lawyers: ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132... -
German IT Cybersecurity Proposal
As America continues to consider legislation for improving cybersecurity, the actions of other Western nations may (or may not) be of influence and interest. I recently received a management summary of ... -
STOCK Act: Congress Comes to Its Senses and Repeals Financial Information Internet Publication Requirements
Last Thursday and Friday, the Senate and House respectively passed legislation providing that Sections 8 and 11 of the STOCK Act, which would have required publication on the Internet of the financial di... -
Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf's Authority Shot Down (Not by a Drone)
While ex-Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was busy admitting on CNN that he approved at least some U.S. drone strikes on Pakistani territory during his time in office, the chief judge of Peshawar’s H... -
Violent Clashes Between Guards and Detainees at Guantánamo Bay
Detainees and guards clashed violently early yesterday morning at Guantánamo Bay. -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #28: A Panel Discussion on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
The subject of lethal autonomous weapons has been one of considerable debate on this site---following a
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