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Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
All of DC is closed today as Hurricane Sandy comes ashore. But the Old Guard continues its vigil. I thought Lawfare readers might appreciate this photo: -
Supreme Court Oral Argument in Clapper v. Amnesty International This Morning [Updated]
Proving once again that the judiciary is the most hardcore of the three branches, the Supreme Court remains open for business this morning. The Justices will hear oral argument in Clapper v. Amnesty Inte... -
Administrative Note
Particularly astute readers who have been carefully combing the site over the past five minutes may have noticed that our "search" bar has changed subtly and now includes check boxes that allow users to ... -
"When Is a Cyberattack an Act of War?"
Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post wrote over the weekend about “when is a cyberattack an act of war.” Focusing on Secretary of Defense Panetta’s recent speech warning of cyber-Pearl Harbors and on S... -
U.N. Rapporteur Says Some Drone Strikes in Pakistan May Be War Crimes, and Announces Investigation
In my book Power and Constraint, I argued that the ACLU/CCR al-Aulaqi lawsuit “was merely an early battle in a long war over the legitimacy of U.S. -
Britain Rejects US Request to Use UK Bases in Nuclear Standoff with Iran
That is the headline in a story in Thursday’s Guardian, which begins: Britain has rebuffed US pleas to use military bases in the UK to support the build-up of forces in the Gulf, citing secret legal advi... -
Engaging Glenn Greenwald
I am hereby ending my boycott of Glenn Greenwald. I'm doing it not because his latest post about me refrained from personal attack or adopted the sort of civil tone to which I think the public debate sh... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The third and final part of the Washington Post series on targeted killing is out. Craig Whitlock discusses Camp Lemonnier, a drone base in Djibouti, which has become the hub of the Obama administration’... -
Iranian Nukes and International Law: Lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis
A few weeks ago, John wrote about the dearth of public discussion of legal issues related to a possible Israeli or U.S. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s trial continues---with or without him. Wells’s reporting from Ft. -
October 25 Session #3: Game Off
The official word from Guantanamo: our motions hearing has been cancelled on account of Hurricane Sandy. We'll have an update once we know more about future sessions. -
The Implications of Hamdan II for Bahlul
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit filed a per curiam order in the case of Bahlul v. United States, ordering the parties to file briefs addressing the implications of t...
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