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Why a "Drone Court" Won't Work--But (Nominal) Damages Might...
There's been a fair amount of buzz over the past few days centered around the idea of a statutory "drone court"--a tribunal modeled after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) that would (pr... -
Still More Drone Commentary - Anthony Clark Arend on Judicial Oversight of Drones
Georgetown professor Anthony Clark Arend - old friend to many of us at Lawfare - has a new short post on whether judicial oversight of drones would be a good idea - or constitutional. -
More Interesting Commentary on Targeted Killing White Paper
Noah Feldman has a piece entitled Obama’s Drone Attack on Your Due Process, which concludes: The white paper should have said that due process doesn’t apply on the battlefield. By instead making due proc... -
Geoffrey Corn on the Drone White Paper and Threat Identification
Continuing Lawfare's discussion of the Drone White Paper, we're pleased to publish the following guest post by Geoffrey Corn on the question of threat identification and the use of force; our thanks to h... -
Brennan Confirmation Hearing Video
Speaking of the John Brennan confirmation hearing, here's the video, courtesy of CSPAN: -
TV Thoughts on Drones and John Brennan
John Bellinger and Christoper Anders of the ACLU this morning had a discussion of John Brennan's testimony, drone strikes, and the administration's legal positions on CSPAN's Washington Journal this morn... -
Radio Thoughts on Drones and White Papers
NPR's Weekend Edition ran the following extended interview with me this morning on the subject of drone strikes, the White Paper, and the administration's legal views more generally. It isn't anything ne... -
ACLU Opposes FISA-Like Judicial Review of Drone Strikes
The most interesting element in Scott Shane’s interesting story on the growing pressure for a Court to vet drone strikes (which quotes Bobby several times) is that the ACLU opposes it. Shane says that H... -
The Meaning of the U.N. Special Rapporteur's Endorsement of Brennan for CIA Director
Ben Emmerson, the Special Rapportuer for Human Rights who is conducting an inquiry into the legality of (among other things) U.S. -
One Consequence of the Sequester
From the New Yorker: U.S. CANCELS REGULAR DRONE STRIKES ON SATURDAYS WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Citing budgetary concerns, the United States announced today that it would discontinue regular Satur... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Let’s start with something that isn’t drone- or John Brennan-related: cybersecurity (or the lack thereof). Richard A. Clarke has this op-ed in the Washington Post making the case for greater internation... -
Readings: Curtis Bradley, International Law in the U.S. Legal System
Lawfare is always pleased to note new books by friends and contributors, tag them as Readings, and encourage discussion of them here and around the web. So please welcome Curtis Bradley's brand-new book...
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