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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
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Bipartisanship in International Law
When I testified last month (together with Ben, Bobby, and Steve) before the House Judiciary Committee on the legality of targeted killings, I started and ended my remarks with a plea for more congressio... -
The White Paper, the Public Authority Defense, and "Five Truths About the Drone War"
Earlier this week---at the Week, naturally enough---Marc Ambinder posted this piece, "Five Truths about the Drone War." Of the five, the second of Ambinder's verities struck me as most noteworthy. I've... -
U.N. Special Rapporteur Statement on Pakistan and Drone Strikes
This strikes me as a big deal. U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Counterterrorism Ben Emmerson has returned from Pakistan and issued a lengthy statement summarizing his discussions with Pakist... -
Presidential Politics, International Affairs and (a bit on) Pakistani Sovereignty
In my prior post I focused on how Congress can serve as a mechanism of political accountability for targeted killings. In this post I want to focus on presidential and international politics as potentia... -
AUMF Reform: A Response to Brooks and Others
In a recent Foreignpolicy.com essay, Rosa Brooks warns against some recent stirrings for a new or expanded Authorization for the Use of Military Force to deal with post-al Qaida threats. Brooks cites in... -
Visualizing Cyber Intrusions
I was really struck by Raffa's post last week on how to visualize Senator Paul's drone filibuster. It reminded me of the truth I learned long ago in a class taught by Ed Tufte -- that a good picture wit... -
California District Court Enjoins Issuance of National Security Letters
This could be a very big deal... Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a 24-page opinion striking down 18 U.S.C. -
Tools and Tradeoffs: A Second Call for Comments
About a month ago, I posted a draft paper my colleague Dan Byman and I had put together about the different tools the United States uses to go after citizens waging war against it from abroad. In the cru... -
Another Newspaper Does a Completely Trite Drone Video
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The ACLU’s Limited Victory in the D.C. Circuit FOIA Case
Judge Garland’s persuasive opinion in the ACLU FOIA case is important but narrow, and its significance for intelligence community transparency is entirely unclear. Recall that the CIA had refused to res...
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