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District Court Rejects Interim Release of GTMO Detainee
What’s a habeas petitioner to do, if 1) current and former U.S. -
Peter Margulies Previews the Tareq Mehanna Appeal
Peter Margulies of Roger Williams School of Law, writes in with the following preview of the coming Tarek Mehanna appeal. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Jennifer Steinhauer of the New York Times reports on the breakup of the Senate’s “three amigos”---John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham---with Sen. Lieberman set to retire at the end of this ... -
Lawfare Outage---Apologies
For reasons we have not yet been able to determine, Lawfare has been down for the past few hours---since right around 10:52 am. Our apologies for the interrupted access to the site. For those of you who ... -
Pentagon Directive on "Autonomy in Weapon Systems"
Speaking of autonomous weapons systems, which Matt and Ken and Human Rights Watch all were, the Department of Defense has issued a directive entitled "Autonomy in Weapon Systems." It declares: It is DoD ... -
The ITU and Internet Governance -- "The Gathering Storm"
I keep meaning to write a blog post on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the upcoming Dubai meeting, but so many other folks are writing good analysis that it almost isn't necessary. T... -
New York Times Renews Call for Guantánamo Prison Closure
As Ritika noted earlier today, the New York Times editorial page has renewed its call for the Obama administration to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay. (I'll take it from Ben's lack of snark that he ju... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Welcome back. Let’s begin our monster news roundup with drones. As Matt already noted, Scott Shane of the New York Times tells us about efforts to codify drone policy in the run-up to the election, when ... -
Human Rights Watch Report on Killer Robots, and Our Critique
Last week, Human Rights Watch (along with the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic) published a report titled "Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots." It argues for a preemptiv... -
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Administrative Note: News Ticker
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New Rand Paul Draft on Detention
Sen. Rand Paul's office has been circulating the following draft amendment---which is rather different from his earlier version: sec. [____].
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