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Today's Headlines and Commentary
At the Atlantic, the New York Times' Mark Mazzetti discusses where he gets his news. Thanks for the shout-out to Lawfare, Mark! -
"National Security Investigations & Prosecutions, 2nd ed. (Vols. 1 & 2)," by David S. Kris and J. Douglas Wilson
Published by Thomson West (2012) Reviewed by Sara Aronchick Solow -
Peter Margulies Summarizes the NIST Conference on Cybersecurity Standards
Peter Margulies writes in with the following summary of recent NIST efforts to build a framework for best practices in cybersecurity: The premise of President Obama’s Cybersecurity Executive Order (EO) i... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times has another feature adapted from his forthcoming book The Way of the Knife: The C.I.A., a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth. -
A Policy Paper on Autonomous Weapon Systems
Ken Anderson and I have just published a new policy paper through the Hoover Institution: Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban Won’t Work and How the Laws of War Can. Our paper beg... -
Developments in GTMO Emergency Motion on Water and Cold
Earlier today, in Anam et. al. v. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Let’s begin with the New York Times’s editorial board, which argues in this piece that shifting the U.S. -
Peter Margulies on the <em>Mehanna</em> Briefing
Peter Margulies of Roger Williams School of Law writes in with the following thoughts on the First Circuit briefing in the Tarek Mehanna appeal: The federal material support statute forces courts and jur... -
Brian Foster Follows Up on Fredman and Latif
Brian Foster of Covington & Burling, responds to my comments on his earlier guest post as follows: -
Dodging Drones in Style
[caption id="attachment_16657" align="aligncenter" width="498"] Images © 2013 Adam Harvey / ahprojects.com[/caption] The latest in "counter-surveillance" fashion" -
Panel Videos from Last Week's ASIL Conference
Here is video of the plenary panel from last week's ASIL conference, entitled "International Law in the Obama Administration: The First Four Years." Moderated by Donald Donovan, the panel included former... -
A Comic that Almost Perfectly Encapsulates the Problems with National Security Debates
From Zach Weiner over at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: