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Today's Headlines and Commentary
What looks to be the fifth Taliban attack by a man in an Afghan police officer uniform on NATO and Afghan forces took place this morning. No service members were killed, reports the AP. Meanwhile, Afgha... -
Room for Debate Exchange on Domestic Hate Groups
The New York Times is running a "Room For Debate" exchange on the question of whether the threat from domestic hate groups is being overlooked. -
Preparing for the Lawfare Drone Smackdown
Our Drone takes a photo of of the team. That's my robotics genius grandson Ryan: I understand In-Trade has us at 62 .... -
Brehm: Fourth Circuit Creates Split in Contractor-Contacts Analysis
With a hat tip to Bobby, I wanted to flag that the Fourth Circuit on Friday upheld the conviction of Sean Brehm, a non-citizen convicted under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) for an... -
Debate Excerpt From the Senate Judiciary Committee on Targeted Killing and Transparency
Over at the Emptywheel blog, the estimable Ms. Wheel (aka Marcy Wheeler) has posted a transcribed excerpt of a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing dealing with Senator John Cornyn's proposal to com... -
D.C. Circuit Rules in <em>Obaydullah</em>
Here's the opinion--from a panel consisting of Judges Merrick Garland and Karen LeCraft Henderson and Chief Judge David Sentelle. The opinion denying Obaydullah's Guantanamo habeas appeal is a per curiam... -
NYPD Domain Awareness and Privacy
I've been away on business travel this past week and am headed off on vacation next week so blogging for me has been light. But one recent post caught my eye and motivated me to add a quick note: My co... -
Robot Rendition: Will There One Day Be Machines that Capture Rather than Kill?
Late on a Friday afternoon, I take a break from other work in order to bring you the following food-for-thought: We often think about the policy and legal issues that will arise when the jump is made fr... -
Constitutional Challenges Denied in U.S. v. Kiriakou
This just in - sort of. On Wednesday, Judge Leonie Brinkema denied John Kiriakou's motion to dismiss certain counts against him on vagueness and overbreadth grounds. Not at all surprising stuff, consid... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
It’s a light news day---as Fridays can sometimes be. The Associated Press reports on developments in the case of alleged Fort Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Hasan. -
Grinding Out SROE for Cyber: Defensive Measures Outside DOD Networks
As usual, Ellen Nakashima has the latest details in connection with the long-running debate over standing rules of engagement for CYBERCOM operations in connection with more active forms of defense, part... -
More Detailed Account of the <em>Hedges</em> Argument
From Courthouse New Service: Invoking the mass detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II, a federal judge on Tuesday appeared ready to uphold her injunction against the law that lets the U.S. ...
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