A reminder that tomorrow morning will see argument before the D.C. Circuit in the case of Khairkhwa v. Obama.  In short, the case concerns a Taliban functionary who claims to have played a civilian---not...

I am sometimes asked what academic journals I would recommend for research in terrorism and political violence studies from an interdisciplinary social science perspective.  Two stand out, although unfor...

As many Lawfare readers know, John Witt has recently published a book called Lincoln’s Code.  The book is about, among many other things, the history of the laws of war in the United States, especially i...

Gabor Rona of Human Rights First sent me the following note in response to my posts responding to his comments on my comments on Thomas Jocelyn's and Captain Patrick McCarthy's comments on Omar Khadr.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court decided not to review the case of Suleiman v. Obama.  No surprise there; the justices hardly seem to wish to wade into detention issues these days.

Lawfarers, here are two developments in the 9/11 case. The first is this unusual piece of procedural news, brought to us by The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg: Rat droppings and mold are health hazards ...

So we learn from ABC's Jake Tapper, who in turn quotes from Mark Bowden's forthcoming book, "The Finish," about the bin Laden raid: If Osama bin Laden had surrendered to the Navy SEALs, President Obama w...

A few weeks ago I posed the following questions in relation to the Constitution Project's report on state and major urban area intelligence Fusion Centers, which DHS set up and funded after 9/11: One rea...

Earlier today I argued that a Romney administration would not pursue significantly different counterterrorism policies than a second Obama administration.  Below I note three caveats to this claim, and I...