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Look Who Has Discovered Inherent Presidential Powers
Hmmmm. From Harold Koh's speech to the Oxford Union: Congressional transfer restrictions with respect to Guantanamo detainees "must be construed in light of the President’s authority as commander-in chi... -
Susan Landau on Obama Administration's New Wiretapping Proposal
Charlie Savage reported in the NYT today that the Obama administration “is on the verge of backing a Federal Bureau of Investigation plan for a sweeping overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it e... -
Bradley & Goldsmith Supplement for Foreign Relations Law
Curtis Bradley and I have a casebook on foreign relations law that includes a heavy dose of national security law (including chapters on covert action and targeted killing) that might be of interest to L... -
A Book I Look Forward To Reading
John Rizzo, Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA. Publication date: January 2014. -
A Quick Guide to the Lawfare Debate Over a New AUMF
As Andrew Rosenthal noted in yesterday's New York Times, things seem to be heating up in Congress with respect to whether--and to what extent--the September 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (... -
Harold Koh's Speech at the Oxford Union
Earlier today, former State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh gave a talk at the Oxford Union, entitled "How to End the Forever War?" His remarks begin as follows: Thank you, Mr. President and Members... -
Questions Someone Should Ask DOD About Its Report on Chinese Cyber-Operations
As Paul noted, a new Pentagon Report to Congress states: In 2012, numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the U.S. government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some o... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
One Buford Rogers of Montevideo, Minnesota, has been arrested for plotting a terrorist attack. The gentleman was found with “Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs and firearms” and is affiliated with a... -
CISPA – An Assessment
As most readers are aware, in the midst of the national turmoil following the bombings in Boston, the House of Representatives passed a version of the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Ac... -
Chief Judge Lamberth, Counsel Access, and the Guantánamo Mail
We've written a fair amount already about Chief Judge Lamberth's September 2012 decision regarding the Guantánamo detainees' continuing right of access to counsel (not to mention his March 2013 decision ... -
DoD Says Earth is Round ....
OK ... it isn't that bad. But it does say something when it is noteworthy that DoD has now officially acknowledged that the Chinese military are a source of cyber intrusions in the United States. The fu... -
Developments in United States v. Al-Bahlul
Two interesting and related developments in the Al-Bahlul appeal now pending before the D.C. Circuit: first, it seems that in mid-April, the accused had passed a note to a JTF-GTMO guard, in which Al-Bah...
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