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The New York Times Editorial Page Promotes John Brennan
This morning's New York Times editorial contains the following interesting sentence: "He was President Obama’s national security adviser in his first term and an architect of the Obama administration’s t... -
Publicity Stunt Postscript: Senators Cruz and Paul Propose Legislation on Targeted Killing by Domestic Drones
Readers by now know this much: Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz harbor great anxieties about possible drone strikes against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil---chiefly against citizens who pose no imminent threa... -
Thoughts on Rand Paul's Publicity Stunt
I have held off for nearly 24 hours in writing up my thoughts about Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster because I was trying to think of something to say beyond that this was a dumb publicity stunt. But here's t... -
Banished: A British Solution to Citizenship, Due Process, and US Drone Strikes
Senator Paul's nearly 13-hour filibuster over domestic drone strikes and executive authority to kill U.S. citizens included both laudable calls for transparency and increasingly absurd---even damaging an... -
Comments on and Link to the Sulaiman Abu Ghaith Indictment
Further to my last post on the capture and prosecution of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, I now want to share a few thoughts on the prosecution side of things. The indictment has been unsealed, and is now availabl... -
Why No Period of Detention and Interrogation for Abu Ghaith, ala the Warsame Model?
As Ritika notes below, the United States has captured a senior al Qaeda figure (Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden), and will be bringing him to the United States for prosecut... -
More from the AG in Response to Senator Paul
According to this Talking Points Memo piece, Attorney General Eric Holder today sent another letter to Senator Rand Paul, regarding the latter's inquiries on the executive branch's authority to conduct d... -
Senator Paul's Filibuster: Get Yer Transcript and Video Here!
As you no doubt already know, Kentucky's junior Senator, Rand Paul, on Wednesday filibustered John O. Brennan's nomination to be CIA Director for thirteen hours (with help, in part, from his Senate colle... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and, unsurprisingly, was questioned about the Obama administration’s targeted killing policy. On the subject of U... -
Breaking: U.S. Captures Osama bin Laden’s Son-in-Law in Jordan
So reports the Wall Street Journal: A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and longtime suspected member of al Qaeda has been captured by U.S. officials, who are preparing to bring him to the U.S. -
Defense Science Board Report on Advanced Cyber Threats
Much of what passes for analysis of cyber threats these days is episodic and anecdotal. I confess, reluctantly, that despite my own best efforts I sometimes fall into that trap. I also confess that som... -
Guess What Play Ted Cruz Read from in the Filibuster
That's right... Henry V. Royal Shakespeare Company he's not, but here's the junior senator from Texas's rendition (pun intended) of the St. Crispin's Day Speech---and his explanation of how it relates to...
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