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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... -
October 25 Session #2: Delay of Game
Lawfarers, it appears the day's proceedings have been postponed on account of deteriorating weather conditions at Guantanamo---and might even be cancelled outright. We're thus in a holding pattern, as t... -
Thoughts on the Brennan Profile
I agree with Bobby’s analysis of this morning’s Washington Post profile by Karen DeYoung of John Brennan, and would add these thoughts: Eliminating CIA’s Drone Capacities. Count me as skeptical that we... -
Motions Hearing in Al-Nashiri: October 25 Session
We come to our third and final day of hearings in United States v. Al-Nashiri, which we'll observe from our CCTV perch at Fort Meade. -
October 25 Session #1: Statement from the Chief Prosecutor
Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins last night issued this statement regarding the progress to date in this week's motions hearing in Al-Nashiri.
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