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Implied Consent in Drone Strikes, Congressional Briefings, Dorm Rooms, and Property Disputes
This remarkable Wall Street Journal story came out over Yom Kippur, so I'm late in commenting on it. But it's worth everyone's attention. It opens: About once a month, the Central Intelligence Agency sen... -
Great Opportunity at Georgetown
The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law just posted the following job opportunity: National Security Law Fellowship -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Pentagon has permitted its employees to "get their hands on" Mark Owen's book, but can't discuss, blog or tweet about "potentially classified or sensitive contents of NED". -
DoD Guidance for "No Easy Day"
The DoD has distributed a memo to its employees explaining its stance on Mark Owen's book No Easy Day, and I've got it right here (they even give the book an acronym!). It lays out guidelines for how Pen... -
Charlie Savage on Romney Team Memo on Interrogation
Charlie Savage of the NYT has an interesting piece on a memorandum entitled “Interrogation Techniques” that Savage reports was circulated last year among the Romney campaign’s “National Security Law Subc... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #20: Daniel Markey on U.S.-Pakistan Terrorism Cooperation and Pakistan's Extremist Groups
This is the third in a series of interviews I am doing with scholars around Washington D.C. who have non-legal expertise that bears on the national security legal questions near and dear to the hearts of... -
NYT's Scott Shane on Cyber Ops and Secrecy
Scott Shane raises important questions in his article today about transparency and offensive U.S. cyber capabilities and operations. There are lessons to be learned from the U.S. experience with respect... -
Shane Harris on the Smackdown
Washingtonian writer and respected, strict-constructionist Smackdown judge Shane Harris has this piece on last Sunday's Main Event. Here's how it begins: Sunday was a great day for flying. Flying drones... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Adam Entous, Siobhan Gorman, and Evan Perez of the Wall Street Journal have this must-read article about the degree to which Pakistanis give the United States its consent for drone strikes. Ben, Ken, and... -
NPR on the Lawfare Drone Smackdown
Carrie Johnson had this piece about the Smackdown on NPR’s “All Things Considered” yesterday. It begins: National Security Experts Go Rogue For 'Drone Smackdown' -
A "Retreat" From Presumptive Classification in MiliComms?
That's the report from James Connell III, a lawyer for 9/11 defendant Ammar al Baluchi. Connell's statement provides, in full: 9/11 prosecution retreats from presumptive classification -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
BBC News reports that the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to the extradition of Abu Hamza---the Muslim cleric accused of planning a terrorist training camp in the United States---as well as fou...
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