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Petraeus on Technological Change and Intelligence Transformation
I missed this super-interesting speech by CIA Director David Petraeus on the relationship between technological change and the transformation, along many dimensions, of intelligence. (The speech was de... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Some good terrorist news to kick off your weekend (unless you’re a terrorist, that is)--and I don't get to say that a lot. Umar Patek has finally been sentenced to twenty years in prison in Indonesia fo... -
Silliman and Pollard Confirmed to U.S. Court of Military Commission Review
Congratulations to Scott L. Silliman and William B. Pollard III, both of whom the Senate last night confirmed to be judges of the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review. Both men must formally be swor... -
The ICC at Ten: Time to Re-Examine the American Servicemembers Protection Act
July1 marks the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court. I have an op-ed in the print edition of Friday's Washington Post ... -
Why the Supreme Court Leaks Less Than The Intelligence Community
I have an essay on this topic in The New Republic. It begins: When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg rose to speak to the American Constitution Society on June 15, many in the audience hoped sh... -
Checking in on the Mingazov Case
There has been some movement in the long-stalled Mingazov case—one of the Guantanamo habeas cases that’s still kicking around. Way back in December 2010, Larkin shared the government's brief in its appea... -
Getting Close to a Million
An update: Visits: 997,779 Unique Visitors: 492,121 -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A suicide bomber in Afghanistan has killed at least 21 people including 3 American soldiers in an attack on a NATO convoy in Afghanistan, reports Farooq Jan Mangal and Rod Nordland in the New York Times. -
USG Seeks Remand in CADC FOIA Case, Based on SDNY Filing
Jack and Ben earlier noted the government's long-awaited brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in New York Times Co. v. Department of Justice and ACLU v. -
A Brief Comment on the Government's Glomar Response
Like Jack, I am a little surprised by the government's brief--filed late last night--in the ACLU/New York Times FOIA case on targeted killings. -
USG Filing in NYT/ACLU SDNY FOIA Suit Re Targeted Killings
Here is the Government’s brief in support of its summary judgment motion in response to requests by the NYT and ACLU for records on targeted killings, especially with regard to U.S. citizens. This is t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots of terrorist news today. The BBC reports that Pakistani officers have arrested Naamen Meziche, a European Al Qaeda operative who "is believed to have belonged to the Hamburg cell that the US says m...
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