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New Seton Hall Study on Guantanamo Habeas Appeals
I only just noticed this new report by Mark Denbeaux, Jonathan Hafetz, and an extensive list of others at the Seton Hall University School of Law, entitled "No Hearing Habeas: D.C. Circuit Restricts Mean... -
The Persuasive General Alexander, and Why Critical Infrastructure Protection Regulation is . . . Critical
When Paul says that General Alexander’s response to Senator McCain’s letter over pending cybersecurity legislation is “unpersuasive,” I cannot tell whether Paul found it unpersuasive or whether he is ref... -
The Virginia NDAA Law: An Exchange
The other day, David Rivkin and Cully Stimson had this oped in the Washington Post on the recently-passed Virginia law that seeks to prohibit state cooperation with detentions of American citizens under ... -
The Unpersuasive General Alexander
Yesterday, as Raff reported, General Keith Alexander (Cyber Command and NSA) wrote a letter to Senator McCain explaining his views and, implicitly supporting the Obama Administration's proposal for a reg... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots more on the foiled bomb plot after news broke yesterday that the suicide bomber was our kind of terrorist--more interested in ratting out Al Qaeda than blowing himself up. Assuming the New York Time... -
Please Rate the Lawfare Podcast
According to iTunes, "We have not received enough ratings to display an average for [The Lawfare P]odcast." This seems like a problem that listeners who access the podcast through iTunes ought to fix. C... -
Ask, and You Shall Receive: Washington Post Weighs in on Brennan Speech
Now sooner did I complain about the lack of editorial response to John Brennan's speech on drones than the Washington Post has published this editorial on drone strikes in Yemen. The editorial goes on t... -
Feedback Results
A great many thanks to everyone--and there were a lot of you--who sent me thoughtful comments, criticisms, and praise concerning our military commission coverage in response to my request of yesterday. H... -
More on the Next NDAA: Military Activities in Cyberspace
[UPDATE 5/10/12: Whoops. Careful readers will note that the new bill omits the congressional-notification language from last year's bill...at least in the text of the statute, though not in the explanat... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #10: Peter Berkowitz on Israel and the Laws of War
Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution has a new book out, entitled Israel and the Struggle Over the International Laws of War. The book, which is very brief--more of a long essay, really--is an impas... -
Why Did the Iraqi Prosecution of Daqduq Fail?
Yeesh. Yesterday I noted that Chairman McKeon's NDAA draft includes a "Daqduq rule" -- i.e., a provision requiring the Defense Department to notify Congress before transferring certain detainees held at... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Remember all that concern for our infrastructure that supporters of cybersecurity legislation have been mentioning in their pleas to Congress to get something done? Well it looks like computer networks ...
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