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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Twenty-three senators have sent a letter to new SecDef Panetta regarding the U.S. decision to try Warsame in a New York federal civilian court. -
This Isn't About Terrorism Casualties...
...but it may as well be. Millions Irrationally Feared Dead In Minor Train Accident -
Does Rasul Control as to Proxy Detention in Somalia?
In response to my post yesterday about looming habeas litigation alleging that the U.S. -
Al Maqaleh Update and the Boumediene "Factors"
The last time we covered the progress of the case that I’ll call Al Maqaleh v. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In ongoing coverage of the rapid increase in the use of drones in warfare, National Defense Magazine reports on the effect this expansion will have on data use and management. Richard Norton-Taylor of t... -
Michael Yon on General Martins and the NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission
Michael Yon, whose dispatches from the field are always interesting (and typically include copious photography to give you a feel for what he has seen), recently traveled with General Martins in connecti... -
French Parliament Endorses Continued Operations in Libya
This afternoon, NPR and France 24 reported on two significant events regarding Libya. First, Gadhafi may be ready to leave the country, and his representatives have sought negotiations regarding the mec... -
Proxy Detention in Somalia and the Next Front in the Habeas Wars
An article today in The Nation, by Jeremy Scahill, alleges that the CIA operates a proxy detention facility in Mogadishu (the article also alleges a CIA-sponsored training operation for Somali government... -
Picking at the Scab
Guess what? Human Rights Watch still wants to prosecute former President George W. Bush for torture. You knew that already? Yeah, so did I. -
The Extraterritorial Effect of Human Rights: the ECHR's Al-Skeini Decision
Last week, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) released two decisions regarding the British military’s alleged violation, in Iraq, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundame... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
No, there hasn't been absolutely no news relevant to Lawfare readers over the past few days. I've just been away. -
No Derogation, No Military Detention: The ECHR in Al-Jeddah v. UK
[UPDATE: Please note the updated, italicized text below. Also check out Marko Milanovic's take on al-Jedda and al-Skeini, here.] Hilal Abdul-Razzaq Ali Al-Jedda is a dual citizen of Iraq and Great Brit...
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