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More Thoughts on FEMA, Sandy, and the New York Times
I guess the NY Times op-ed has me a bit worked up. So I went and did a bit more digging around on the basic question of whether or not Big Storms Require Big Government. Here's what I learned today. F... -
FEMA and Hurricane Sandy
I do not normally share Ben's disdain for the New York Times editorial page. They are who they are and you know what you are going to see on their page before the publish it. But today's editorial on H... -
Al-Maqaleh II: Formalizing Boumediene's Functional Approach to Habeas Jurisdiction
Thanks to an unexpected pair of days off, I've finally had the chance to review Judge Bates's October 19 rulings in Al-Maqaleh v. Gates ["Al-Maqaleh II"] and Hamidullah v. Obama. As readers know, these a... -
Gabor Rona on Principles for Counting Civilian Casualties---And My Thoughts
Gabor Rona of Human Rights First took some time out from today's hurricane to send me the following thoughts on my post from Friday engaging Glenn Greenwald on the subject of counting civilian casualties... -
Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
All of DC is closed today as Hurricane Sandy comes ashore. But the Old Guard continues its vigil. I thought Lawfare readers might appreciate this photo: -
Supreme Court Oral Argument in Clapper v. Amnesty International This Morning [Updated]
Proving once again that the judiciary is the most hardcore of the three branches, the Supreme Court remains open for business this morning. The Justices will hear oral argument in Clapper v. Amnesty Inte... -
Administrative Note
Particularly astute readers who have been carefully combing the site over the past five minutes may have noticed that our "search" bar has changed subtly and now includes check boxes that allow users to ... -
"When Is a Cyberattack an Act of War?"
Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post wrote over the weekend about “when is a cyberattack an act of war.” Focusing on Secretary of Defense Panetta’s recent speech warning of cyber-Pearl Harbors and on S... -
U.N. Rapporteur Says Some Drone Strikes in Pakistan May Be War Crimes, and Announces Investigation
In my book Power and Constraint, I argued that the ACLU/CCR al-Aulaqi lawsuit “was merely an early battle in a long war over the legitimacy of U.S. -
Britain Rejects US Request to Use UK Bases in Nuclear Standoff with Iran
That is the headline in a story in Thursday’s Guardian, which begins: Britain has rebuffed US pleas to use military bases in the UK to support the build-up of forces in the Gulf, citing secret legal advi... -
Engaging Glenn Greenwald
I am hereby ending my boycott of Glenn Greenwald. I'm doing it not because his latest post about me refrained from personal attack or adopted the sort of civil tone to which I think the public debate sh... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The third and final part of the Washington Post series on targeted killing is out. Craig Whitlock discusses Camp Lemonnier, a drone base in Djibouti, which has become the hub of the Obama administration’...
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