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Global Trends 2030: Alternate Worlds
Every reader of Lawfare (and indeed, most non-readers) should be interested in this new report from the National Intelligence Council, "Global Trends 2030: Alternate Worlds." The analysis identifies a s... -
Video of Jeh Johnson's Oxford Union Speech
The Oxford Union has now made available on YouTube the speech Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson gave there on November 30. We posted the text of the speech at the time; Jack commented on it earlier, a... -
George Will on Drones, Assassination, and Targeted Killing
As Ritika already noted, George Will has a column in today's Washington Post about drones and targeted killing. In it, he poses a question lots of people ask about drone strikes and that warrants a momen... -
The NDAA and Cybersecurity
A colleague just pointed this out to me today. Buried in the Senate-approved NDAA is Section 936, which would require the Pentagon to "establish a process" for defense contractors that have classified i... -
Procedural Orders in Al-Nashiri
Last week, Judge James Pohl handed down five orders in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri---the capital case arising from, among other things, the attack on the USS Cole. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Turns out Carrie Mathison’s obsessive hunting of Abu Nazir in the TV series Homeland isn’t purely fiction---nor is David Estes’s treating Carrie badly. -
DOD-CIA Convergence: The DIA Defense Clandestine Service Initiative Runs Into Trouble
I've been meaning for some time to comment on recent developments impacting the DOD-CIA convergence trend. While much of the attention under this heading understandably focuses on drones, it is importan... -
Summary Judgment in Guantanamo FOIA Case
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates has granted summary judgment to the Pentagon in a Freedom of Information Act cast brought by the International Counsel Bureau and the law firm of Pillsbury, Winthrop, Sh... -
Closing the MOU Loop: My PENNumbra Response to Andrew Kent on Why <em>Boumediene</em> "Rights" Don't "Expire"
Back in early November, Ben and I blogged about Fordham Professor Andrew Kent's provocative new essay, "Do Boumediene Rights Expire?," which he published in "PENNumbra," the online companion to the Unive... -
Syria, Chemical Weapons, and Possible U.S. Military Action
Over the weekend, the United Kingdom joined the United States in warning publicly about Syria’s intentions regarding its chemical weapons. Foreign Secretary William Hague told reporters that the U.K. -
Appellees' Brief Filed in Hedges
To the day's tally of important national security law filings, add this: the appellees' brief in Hedges v. Obama. The below comes from the brief's argument section: Comparing the text of the two enact... -
CRS Report on “Detention of U.S. Persons as Enemy Belligerents”
The Congressional Research Service published on December 4 a report entitled “Detention of U.S. Persons as Enemy Belligerents,” which the Federation of American Scientists has posted. Its summary reads: ...
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