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Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of the country’s prime minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, over allegations that he took millions of dollars in kickbacks during the construction of two electric... -
Rick Pildes and Nick Rosenkranz Debate the Treaty Power at Volokh Conspiracy
Lawfare readers might be interested to follow a Volokh Conspiracy online debate between Lawfare senior contributor/NYU professor Rick Pildes and Volokh blogger/Georgetown professor Nick Rosenkranz on whe... -
Growing USG Support for the French Intervention in Mali
The Sunday NYT story on the French intervention in Mali noted that the United States had long trained Mali forces but had also long believed that “a Western assault on the Islamist stronghold could rally... -
Tom Malinowski Ups the Game in Lawfare's Discussion of Killer Robots
Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch writes in with the latest salvo in our ongoing debate about robots with autonomous firing power---in a post that, I'm afraid, sets a new standard for multi-media gues... -
A Possible Alternative Explanation for Eric Holder's Action in Al Bahlul
An informed observer in the executive branch writes in response to Bobby and my post of earlier today on Eric Holder's decision to continue the appeal in Al Bahlul: Let me offer for your consideration an... -
Charging Decisions After Hamdan II and Al-Bahlul: Al-Nashiri Seeks to Dismiss Conspiracy and Terrorism Charges
Reported on Friday by the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg: defense attorneys in United States v. -
Lawfare Wiki Document Library Talk at Georgetown Law
For all those law students---and others---in the Washington area interested in helping us build the Lawfare Wiki Document Library, come on over to Georgetown Law (Room 206 in McDonough) this Friday to ta... -
Readings: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) Letter to John Brennan, CIA Director Nominee, on Targeted Killing of US Citizens Abroad
John Brennan, nominated by President Obama to become the next CIA director, will apparently face some tough questioning from Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) at his Senate confirmation hearings (reportedly set f... -
Announcing the Lawfare News Feed
My excitement over Shane Harris's new blog, Dead Drop, provides a catalyst for an action I have been meaning to take for some time: creating an automated page on Lawfare for outside news feeds of particu... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Aaaaand . . . I’m back! Minus a few wisdom teeth---and with a lot more Thai food in my belly. But Raffaela’s partisans need not weep; she will alternate with me covering national security news and analys... -
The Conspiracy Decisions at DoJ and DoD---Some Thoughts
We refrained last week from expressing much opinion on the decisions by both Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins and by the Justice Department in the Al Bahlul case concerning how to handl... -
Self-Defeating Humanitarian Efforts in Africa
Current events in Africa illustrate the unintended and sometimes-self-defeating effects of humanitarian efforts on that continent. First, France’s military action against Islamist insurgents in Mali rai...
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