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Lawfare Drone Smackdown Update
We have two new entrants in the Smackdown—and we have a judge. Shane Harris---senior editor of Washingtonian magazine and author of this book about surveillance and this paper on the “Human-Free Future ... -
On Continued Counsel Access at Gitmo and the Government's Filing
Wells posted yesterday the government's filing on the question of continued access to counsel for Guantanamo detainees who have lost their habeas cases. I have now read through the motion, and I have to ... -
Marcy Wheeler Responds to Carrie Cordero
Over at the Emptywheel blog, Ms. Wheel (aka Marcy Wheeler) has this response to former Justice Department official Carrie Cordero's guest post of this morning. She notes that Senator Wyden responded at y... -
Shane Harris on Total Information Awareness and Colorado
As soon as I saw this Wall Street Journal oped yesterday from Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., I thought to myself--and said to Ritika--we need to hear from Shane Harris on this. Now we have. Jenkins had suggest... -
Gus Coldebella on the Lieberman-Collins Liability Exemption
Gus Coldebella, former Deputy General Counsel (and Acting General Counsel) for DHS and now a partner at Goodwin Proctor write in with this addition comment on the liability provisions of the Lieberman-Co... -
Flying Drones at Brookings
Today, in preparation for the Lawfare Drone Smackdown, and to kill some time I might have spent productively, I decided to fly my drone around the Governance Studies offices at Brookings. -
Administration to Senate: This Far and No Farther
Here is the Administration's Statement of Administration Policy on the Lieberman-Collins bill. On the regulatory provisions and the information-sharing liability provisions they are drawing a line in th... -
Government's Response On GTMO Counsel Access
Apparently prompted by David Remes' motion regarding GTMO counsel access issues in Esmail [h/t Josh Gerstein at Politico], the government now has filed its own motion. I've only glanced at the new filin... -
Ryan Radia of CEI on the Liability Exemption Provisions of Lieberman-Collins
Ryan Radia, who works for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, writes in with a few a couple of addition points about the liability exemption provisions of the Lieberman-Collins bill in Section 706. He... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
I am officially declaring cybersecurity legislation to be today's big story of the day. -
Carrie Cordero On the FAA Reauthorization
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown's Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following account of a recent Cato Institute event (which, ahem, would have... -
Jonathan Horowitz Comments on Army Manual on Avoiding Civilian Harm
Jonathan Horowitz of the Open Society Justice Initiative has largely positive comments on the new Army manual on avoiding civilian harm. It opens: This month, Lawfareblog.com posted the U.S.
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