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Amicus Brief Filed in Hedges by Senators McCain, Graham, and Ayotte
Attorneys for Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Kelly Ayotte---all members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services---have filed an amicus brief in support of the government in Hedges v. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Reuters informs us that Ayman al-Zawahri has released a document describing Al Qaeda’s desire to establish an Islamic caliphate and instructing Muslims to live according to Sharia law. Khalid Aldawsari,... -
Cybersecurity, Christmas Trees, and the Grinch
As I noted yesterday, Senator Reid has announced that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 will return to the floor for consideration sometime before Thanksgiving (possibly as early as tomorrow). According to... -
Updated Schedule in the 9/11 Case
In October, when our most recent motions hearing concluded in United States v. -
You Decide Whether or Not to Attack Iran
I'm not really an Iran person, and I don't have strong feelings about the right or wrong way to handle the Iranian nuclear program. But I nonetheless enjoyed---and found rather informative---this Truman ... -
Cybersecurity Bill Returns to the Floor -- Sen. Reid
In remarks today on the Floor, Senator Reid promised that the Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill would return to the floor before Thanksgiving. Here is the rough transcript of what he said: WE'RE GOIN... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
I am making a decision, here and now, not to include a single story about General Petraeus’s---or General Allen’s---love life in my roundups. All those who are interested in the saucy details are welcome... -
Stuxnet Infected Chevron [Updated]
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Stuxnet, the virus that targeted Iran's uranium enrichment program and that is generally thought to have been created jointly by the United States and Isr... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #21: Jameel Jaffer and Benjamin Powell on Clapper v. Amnesty International
On Monday, October 29, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Clapper v. Amnesty International, which poses the question whether a group of human rights organizations, lawyers, activists, and journalis... -
Last Word (from Me) on Bush-Obama Continuity
While I am sure we differ in emphasis and details, I agree with the thrust of Trevor’s latest post. As I argued in my last two books, the early Bush administration approach to presidential power was, in... -
One Further Thought on CT Continuities and Discontinuities
I appreciate Jack's follow-up post on the larger picture of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies and their points of continuity with the Bush administration (though only the late Bush, as... -
More on Bush-Obama Continuity
When I wrote on Friday about the “basic counterterrorism policies that Obama continued, with tweaks, from the late Bush administration,” I meant to refer only to policies that “Obama continued” from the ...
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