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What is the Scope of the Leak Investigations?
The scope of the leak investigations announced by Attorney General Holder yesterday remains unclear. Holder appointed U.S. -
Attorney General Holder Appoints Prosecutors for Leak Investigations
Here is his statement: “Today, I assigned U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ronald C. Machen Jr. and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. -
President Obama’s Non-Credible Statement on Leaks
President Obama, today, on the possibility of leaks from the White House: The notion that the White House would purposely release classified national security information is offensive, it's wrong, and pe... -
Yemen, AQAP, and Attribution of Membership: Gregory Johnsen Comments
If you don't already follow Gregory Johnsen's Yemen-focused blog, you should. His most recent post, which talks about the complexities associated with attributing AQAP membership to particular persons i... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Considering the fact that it's a Friday, in June, and Congress has left town, there's an awful lot going on. First, on those pesky "leaks" coming out of the White House. (To be fair, I'm not sure that "... -
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David Luban on President Obama and Just War Theory
Writing in the Boston Review, Georgetown professor David Luban has this essay on President Obama's drone war and just war theory, in which aides report the president is steeped: This image of a president... -
More on Surveillance Tapes and Terrorism Trials
Ben Weiser of the New York Times wrote in today, and reminded me that the 9/11 case is obviously not first to confront the issue of secretly-recorded conversations between the defendant and other Guantan... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #12: Kenneth Anderson on Living with the UN
We don't review our own books here on Lawfare--not even if we happen to be Lawfare's book review editor. But I sat down the other day with Ken Anderson to discuss his wonderful new book, Living With the ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ellen Nakashima and Jon Cohen report on a recent Washington Post poll on cybersecurity reform. Some numbers: 39 percent of Americans favor a government mandate for specific standards in U.S. -
Detention in Afghanistan: How Much Control Does the US Still Have?
As both Wells and Ben noted previously, there are renewed signs of interest in the fate of military detention in Afghanistan, in the form of an NPR story by Quil Lawrence and an order that same day from ... -
Republican Secretaries of State Endorse Law of the Sea Treaty
Raff has noted in recent posts some of the conservative opposition to the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention. But the treaty is supported by many senior Republican officials. Last Thursday all of the livin...
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