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Assault Rifle Capable of Spewing Hundreds of Rounds Printed on 3D Printer
Just read this uplifting story from Wired Danger Room: Late last year, a group of 3-D printing gunsmiths developed a key component for an AR-15 rifle that anyone with a 3-D printer could download and mak... -
The FAA Wants to Hear From You About Privacy and Domestic Drones
Robot watchers likely know about the FAA’s recent solicitation of applications from entities desiring to operate one of six experimental test sites for domestic drones. Last year, Congress ordered the F... -
The <em>Obaydullah</em> Cert. Petition: One More Shot for the Supreme Court...
Amidst all the hubbub earlier this week, we neglected to note the filing of a new cert. petition in a Guantánamo habeas case--in Obaydullah v. Obama, filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Our coverage o... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
I’ll do my best not to mention the “S-word” in my roundup today. Yesterday, Bradley did indeed plead guilty to 10 of the charges leveled against him. The Guardian has the full text of his in-court state... -
The Capture-vs-Kill Debate #6: Rejoinder to Goodman from Corn, Blank, Jenks, and Jensen
The following guest post is the latest in a series comprising a debate as to whether LOAC requires an attempt to capture rather than a first-resort to lethal force in some circumstances. The debate invo... -
NSA General Counsel Rajesh De Speech at Georgetown
NSA General Counsel Rajesh De gave the following address at Georgetown Law School on Wednesday: Remarks of Rajesh De, General Counsel, National Security Agency Georgetown Law School, February 27, 2013 (... -
Duke Law, Ethics, and National Security Center Conference Livestreaming Now
Congratulations to Duke Law School's Charlie Dunlap, who as executive director of the Center has organized another outstanding LENS conference. You can follow it live streaming from the link at the webp... -
Shane Harris on "Deep State" and Ragtime
Over at Washingtonian's new Dead Drop blog, Shane Harris has this fascinating piece, mining a just-released book for new information about the NSA's warrantless wiretapping activities. -
Obaydullah Takes His Case to the D.C. Circuit
In other habeas news, detainee Obaydullah has noted his appeal to the D.C. -
Briefing on Timeliness Ordered in Hentif v. Obama
Remember the Guantanamo detention case of Hentif v. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The Wall Street Journal reports on news coming from China’s Ministry of Defense that it and another military website have been hacked on average 144,000 times a month last year. -
Answering Emptywheel’s Question
Over at at the Emptywheel blog, Ms. Wheel colorfully asks of yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing: “Boy, what fucking idiots run DOJ (and, presumably, the Obama Administration generally)”? She g...
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