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After the AUMF, III: A Surreply to Jack
It’s quickly becoming apparent that we and Jack appear to be talking past each other on the merits of the Chesney/Goldsmith/Waxman/Wittes (CGWW) proposal for a new framework statute for “extra-AUMF threa... -
My Final Response to Jennifer and Steve
We address all of Jennifer and Steve’s latest arguments in our paper, and so I urge any interested reader to look for responses there. I will limit myself here to one point. Jennifer and Steve believe ... -
Deeks on the Geography of Cyber Conflict
Our colleague Ashley Deeks has just published "The Geography of Cyber Conflict: Through a Glass Darkly," as part of the Naval War College's volume of International Law Studies on the geography of war. T... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Tomorrow is a significant day—the ten-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Here’s NPR’s All Things Considered’s story, including an interview with Bush national security adviser Stephen Hadley.... -
Ben Farley on Pakistan, Consent, and Drone Strikes
Over at the D.C. Exile blog, Ben Farley has this thoughtful post on U.N. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson’s recent statement on drone strikes in Pakistan. It concludes: -
“Avian-Inspired Grasping for Quadrotor Micro UAVs”
I, for one, welcome our eagle-claw grasping robot overlords… -
Jeh Johnson Speech on "A 'Drone Court': Some Pros and Cons"
Former Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson is, at this hour, giving this speech at Fordham Law School in New York: Keynote address at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School: A “Drone Co... -
Response to Jennifer and Steve on Statutory Authority and Next-Generation Threats
Jennifer and Steve describe the statutory proposal for next-generation terrorist threats by Bobby, Matt, Ben, and me as a “sweeping and preemptive militarization of counterterrorism” which is “not just u... -
Nuclear Stress Test Produces Incident on Chicago Subway
This is pretty interesting. A gentleman on a Chicago Metra train got an entire train detained and searched by walking into the Metra system after a nuclear stress test, which the Mayo Clinic descibes as ... -
After the AUMF, II: Daskal and Vladeck Reply
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After the AUMF: A Response to Chesney, Goldsmith, Waxman, and Wittes
In the very first days after the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush Administration asked Congress for broad statutory authorization to use military force to “deter and pre-empt any future a... -
Technopop Dance Version of the White Paper
Just in case you need one.
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