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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
General Carter F. Ham, head of U.S. Africa Command, spoke at George Washington University yesterday, and detailed how Al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb is using Mali as a safe haven to recruit and train te... -
Completion of Copenhagen Process Principles and Guidelines on Detainees in International Military Operations
Belatedly, I want to note the completion -- on October 18/19 -- of the “Copenhagen Process on the Handling of Detainees in International Military Operations” and the release of “The Copenhagen Process Pr... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Just in case you had a good weekend, Bruce Riedel of Brookings gives us the latest update on Al Qaeda’s emerging power bases in The Daily Beast: Under siege by drones in Pakistan and Yemen, al Qaeda ... -
Readings: Matt and Ken on "Law and Ethics for Robot Soldiers"
I linked earlier to this new article in the course of critiquing Human Rights Watch's report on "killer robots," but it's worth separate notice. -
Elsewhere in the NDAA: Iran Sanctions
Most discussion of the NDAA on this blog focuses on detainee-related provisions, and a familiar argument is that some of these provisions inappropriately tie the President’s hands, stripping the executiv... -
DHS Cybersecurity Authorities
One of the things that has struck me about the debate concerning cybersecurity legislation is that we don't have a really good baseline of existing legal authorities for the protection of cyberspace. Sl... -
In Case You Want a Translation of Egypt's Draft Constitution. . .
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A Second Drone War Won By Cyberattack
Those of you who followed the Lawfare Drone Smackdown will be interested in this post on DIY Drones: We had a a great time at the Drone Games at the Groupon offices in SF today. (They used to be called t... -
Does Human Rights Watch Prefer Disproportionate and Indiscriminate Humans to Discriminating and Proportionate Robots?
I have now read the Human Rights Watch report, "Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots"---which calls for a preemptive ban on "fully autonomous" weapons systems and which Matt and Ken critiqued ... -
Hard Issues Raised by Jeh Johnson’s Speech
I agree entirely with Ken that DOD General Counsel Jeh Johnson’s speech on the end-of-conflict with al Qaeda “makes a serious attempt to grapple with the conditions defining the endgame” and is “a signif... -
Domestic Military Detention After the (New) Feinstein Amendment
Wells is exactly right--and Senators Levin and Graham are exactly wrong--about the implications of last night's Senate vote approving Senator Feinstein's amendment to the FY2013 National Defense Authoriz... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Sectarian violence in Iraq has claimed the lives of 33 people, mainly Shi’a, reports the BBC. The excellently-named Tech Dirt reports that Facebook “likes” and “shares” are evidence of material support ...
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