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Stewart Baker on Whom to Blame for the Failure of the Cybersecurity Bill
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Stewart Baker has this interesting piece on whom to blame for the collapse of the cybersecurity bill, which failed on a cloture vote in the Senate the other day. Baker sugg... -
Speaking of <em>Gunpowder and Lead</em>. . .
. . . I've been meaning---ever since I plugged Caitlin Fitz Gerald's project, Clausewitz for Kids---to say a few words about this blog, as it might be of interest to Lawfare types. Gunpowder and Lead---a... -
Alternative Energy Use at Sun Rich, Windy Guantanamo Bay?
Not so much, reports Daveed Gartenstein-Ross over at the excellent Gunpowder and Lead blog: Because the base has to be self-sustaining — and because food, supplies, building materials, etc. have to be br... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
As Paul noted here, the cybersecurity bill failed in the Senate yesterday. Oh well. Another day, another policy initiative collapses in the face of partisan polarization. -
Counting Lawfare Readers
My recent joking exchange with readers about Arlington VA’s Lawfare traffic masks a reality I have decided to take decisive action to change: We don't know how many people read Lawfare. Thanks to Google... -
Andrew Kent on Al Aulaqi and <em>Bivens</em>
I am normally pretty good about keeping up with my Lawfare-related email, but sometimes, an important emails slips through the cracks. Andrew Kent of Fordham Law School sent me this comment on my post on... -
Congress Delays Internet Posting Requirement for Executive Branch Financial Disclosure Forms
Last week, I posted about the national security and personal safety threats posed by Section 11 of the STOCK Act, which would have required senior executive branch officials to post their SF-278 financia... -
Coll on Al-Aulaqi and Targeted Killing
Over at the New Yorker blog, Steve Coll has this post on the al-Aulaqi operation, and on related reporting in Dan Klaidman's Kill or Capture. Coll focuses on capture's infeasibility, one of the condit... -
Court Will Hear Argument from Media and ACLU During 9/11 Case's Next Session
That's the word from James Connell III, an attorney for 9/11 defendant Ammar al Baluchi, a.k.a. Ali Abdul Aziz Ali. The lawyer's statement is below the fold. Today, the military commission released an... -
Cybersecurity Act of 2012 -- Cloture Vote Fails
And so it ends, not with a bang but with a whimper. Despite letters from the Director of NSA, General Alexander and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dempsey the motion to close the deb... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times At War blog has this fascinating post about how the U.S. was supplying Libya with arms during the pre-Qaddafi years of the Cold War. The post, written by C.J. Chivers and John Ismay, i... -
Iraqi Court Denies US Request to Extradite Daqduq
So reports Lara Jakes at AP, after obtaining a copy of the ruling in which an Iraqi court declined to approve Daqduq's extradition (reasoning that the Iraqi judicial system already had dismissed charges ...
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