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Today's Headlines and Commentary
I am officially declaring cybersecurity legislation to be today's big story of the day. -
Carrie Cordero On the FAA Reauthorization
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown's Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following account of a recent Cato Institute event (which, ahem, would have... -
Jonathan Horowitz Comments on Army Manual on Avoiding Civilian Harm
Jonathan Horowitz of the Open Society Justice Initiative has largely positive comments on the new Army manual on avoiding civilian harm. It opens: This month, Lawfareblog.com posted the U.S. -
STOCK Act Endangers National Security and Safety of Executive Branch Officials
In March, Congress passed the Stop Insider Trading in Congressional Knowledge Act (the STOCK Act), which was intended to prevent members of Congress from trading in securities based on non-public informa... -
Bivens and/as Immunity: Richard Klingler Responds on Al-Aulaqi--and I Reply
I received the following response from Richard Klingler to my ACSblog post on Monday re: the Al-Aulaqi suit and Bivens, and thought I'd post it in its entirety (below the fold) before replying (also belo... -
Very Interesting Comment on the Lawfare Drone Smackdown
I just received a very interesting email from Major John Harwood, USAF, whom I met recently at the MILOPS Conference in Singapore, in response to my post this morning about the coming Drone Smackdown: I ... -
The Puzzling Liability Limitations of the Lieberman-Collins Bill
Word is that Senator Reid has filed cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the Lieberman-Collins bill. [UPDATE: At the request of two readers I've uploaded the latest version of the text ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Several stories have emerged about U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling that the State Department doesn't have to make classified cables public irrespective of what WikiLeaks does with them. -
Date, Time, and Rules for the Lawfare Drone Smackdown
The other day, I was out flying my new drone, practicing for the Lawfare Drone Smackdown. Standing on my front porch, I flew it across the street and hovered over a couple of kids and their father, who w... -
Agenda for Upcoming Hearing in the 9/11 Case
Judge Pohl's docketing order, in which he adjusts the calendar in United States v. Mohammed et al. and announces the agenda for August's motions hearing, is now available. -
Supplemental Briefing on Bagram Jurisdiction
Following last week's motions hearing in Maqaleh and Hamidullah, the cases seeking habeas jurisdiction over the detention facility at Bagram, the petitioners in Maqaleh have filed a supplemental brief ar... -
Government Files Brief Opposing Permanent Injunction in Hedges
The government has filed its brief in opposition to the plantiffs' motion for a permanent injunction--and seeking dismissal of the case.
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