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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... -
Cyber Warfare: How Conflicts in Cyberspace are Challenging America and Changing the World
With some hesitancy at the sense of shameless self-promotion it necessarily entails, I am very pleased to to announce today that my book Cyber Warfare: How Conflicts in Cyberspace are Challenging Americ... -
Update on the Bradley Manning Case
Last week saw several new developments in the Bradley Manning case. Prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they intend to offer evidence that Osama bin Laden received some of the classified information ... -
The Air Force General Counsel and Death Star Weapons Review
Following up on Ben's Death Star White House denial, we must note the response of the Air Force General Counsel's Twitter account. And I query over at Opinio Juris whether one day the Administration's pr...
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