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Mary Laurie Writes a "Chinese White Paper"
Mary M. Laurie, a third-year law student at Penn State Law, has rewritten the DOJ White Paper on targeted killing from the perspective the Chinese government. She explains: China considered using a drone... -
Ben Fox on the Situation at Guantanamo
Ben Fox of the Associated Press has a particularly good account of the situation at Guantanamo. Because it was posted on Friday, amid the late unpleasantness in Boston, most people undoubtedly missed it-... -
Was that a Throwbot Used in the Ricin Raid?
The Daily Mail ran the following picture in this article about the raid on the home of alleged Ricin-mailer Kevin Curtis: Notice the device the guy on his knees is holding. -
Geoff Corn on Tsarnaev, Miranda, and Questioning Terrorism Suspects
The following guest post is from Professor Geoffrey Corn (South Texas College of Law). While there is still much we do not know regarding the Boston marathon bombings, there is enough information (and ... -
Federal Public Defender to Represent Boston Marathon Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
The Federal Public Defender Office for the Districts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island has said it expects to represent Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according to Mir... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
It's kind of a cliche to observe that it's been quite a week. Having spent five years in Boston and at the ‘Tute, I was pained to see my old stomping ground start to resemble a war zone during these past... -
Four Reasons Sens. Graham and McCain are Wrong
Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain were quick out of the box last night in declaring that the Obama administration should hold Dzhokar Tsarnaev in military detention: Now that the suspect is in custody... -
Interrogating Tsarnaev: No Need for Military Detention Here
Unless there is good reason to believe that the Tsarnaev brothers were acting as agents of al Qaeda or some other AUMF-covered group, talk of putting Dzhokar Tsarnaev into military custody as an enemy co... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Here is the MIT student newspaper The Tech's report on last night incidents. -
Good Twitter Sources and News Links on the Ongoing Boston Marathon Bombing Manhunt
We're reposting our Twitter feed of reliable sources on the manhunt that's ongoing in Boston right now. As with last time: "This does not mean that everything they are saying will turn out to be correct.... -
A Crash Course on Chechnya and Kyrgyzstan
It has been widely reported that the two prime suspects in the Boston marathon bombings---one who was killed in a shootout early this morning---are ethnic Chechens. -
Readings: Gabriella Blum, 'The Individualization of War: From Collectivism to Individualism in the Regulation of Armed Conflicts'
Harvard Law School professor Gabriella Blum has posted a book chapter to SSRN, "The Individualization of War: From Collectivism to Individualization in the Regulation of Warfare," appearing in Sarat, Dou...
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