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Lawfare Podcast #29: Former Counterterrorism Official Philip Mudd Interviewed at Brookings
On Monday, my Brookings colleague Bruce Riedel held an excellent discussion with Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center and author of the new book Takedown: Inside the H... -
Count Me Confused
The Hill reports: The head of the House Intelligence panel is worried the Justice Department may have jeopardized the public’s safety by allowing a federal judge to read the Boston bombing suspect his Mi... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Much of this week's Lawfare commentary concerned the recently-filed case against Boston bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev. But that's not all. Among other things, we noted critical developments in Guantan... -
Defending Drones at the Oxford Union
Going to a university campus to defend the use of armed drones is a little like ascending the pulpit in a Southern Baptist church on a Sunday morning to speak on behalf of the Devil. -
Chemical Weapons in Syria: Enough to Justify the Use of Force?
Now that the United States has acknowledged – with a modest level of confidence – that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the rebels, many press articles are asking whether (or argui... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Let’s begin with this New York Times editorial on the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The board argues that President George W. Bush’s “tough decisions” during his time in office have led this country... -
An Explainer on <em>Hamdan II</em>, <em>Al-Bahlul</em>, and the Jurisdiction of the Guantánamo Military Commissions
As Wells noted on Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit granted the government's petition for rehearing en banc in Al-Bahlul v. United States. -
Salam Al-Marayati on Boston and Combating Extremism
Salam al-Marayati, President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, sent in this piece on the Boston attacks and extremism: An unfortunate consequence of the Boston Marathon bombings has been this: the si... -
Syrian Chemical Weapons and Obama's Red Line
President Obama now finds his administration occupied with three WMD -related crises: Iran, North Korea, and Syria. The resolution of all of them will depend in part on the credibility of U.S. threats ... -
Belated Report: $5 Million Reward for Joseph Kony's Transfer to the International Criminal Court
Better late than never. I have been meaning to report for some time Secretary Kerry's announcement earlier this month -- via an op-ed in the Huffington Post -- that the State Department is now offering... -
Amici Retired Military Officials Seek to Participate in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald Argument
The Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald on June 3. The civil appeal challenges the power of the Military Commissions’ Convening Authority to prosecute Al-Nashiri before a mi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Details in the investigation of the Boston bombings keep trickling out: Greg Miller of the Washington Post reports that the bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed in a shootout with police la...
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