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Smacked Down by the FAA!
I received a call this afternoon from a gentleman named Cliff Sweatte, an aviation inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration, in response to my post of Sunday about the legality of our holding th... -
"Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy," by Mark A. Drumbl
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The American and Libyan investigators can't seem to agree about the source of the attack that killed Ambassador Stevens in Libya. Dina Temple-Raston of NPR writes that the U.S. says that it was a spontan... -
More Hedges: If Substantial Support < Material Support...
Per Ben's and Bobby's responses to my post from earlier this week, I think one point needs to be made crystal clear: If Ben and Bobby are correct, then the phrase "substantial support" in the March 13 br... -
Thoughts on Today’s Important Drone FOIA Oral Argument in DC Circuit
Today the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument concerning the ACLU’s FOIA request to the CIA for records related to the government’s program of targeted killing via “drones.” Cutting through the statuto... -
More on "Substantial Support", "Material Support," LOAC, and the First Amendment
I'd like to expand on Ben's post below in relation to Hedges and the First Amendment, focusing on the "material support"/"substantial support" issue. (I'm having to write quickly, so please excuse any t... -
Senator Rockefeller Says "Voluntary Cybersecurity Regulations Really Mandatory"
OK. I admit it. I made up the quote that is the title of this post. Senator Rockefeller never said any such thing. But he did almost as much by demonstrating (probably by accident) why industry fear ... -
Is the NDAA Vague or Overbroad?
The other day, in response to Raha Wala’s comments on Hedges, I promised to address the First Amendment question at the heart of Judge Forrest’s ruling---a promise that seems to have excited David Remes.... -
Readings: Harold Koh Lays Out US Government Position on Cyberspace and International Law
Harold Koh, Legal Adviser to the State Department, delivered an important speech yesterday, September 18, at the U.S. Cyber Command Inter-Agency Legal Conference on the applicability of international law... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post reports that the Taliban is increasingly focusing on “conducting audacious attacks against prominent targets across the country, including the U.S. -
Harold Koh on Cyber War
I attended a conference yesterday at Ft. -
Appellant's Brief in Nashiri v. MacDonald
Remember Nashiri v. MacDonald? That's the civil lawsuit that Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Al-Nashiri, a defendant in a military commission case at Guantanamo, brought against Bruce MacDonald, the commi...
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