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Targeting, "Kill Lists", and Congress
In all the last two days' coverage of the Obama administration's targeting program -- including this lengthy NYT piece, Dan Klaidman's book excerpt, and today's NYT editorial -- there's a remarkable lack... -
Cheeky Good Fun By Opponents of Targeted Killing
Look what’s shown up on the White House website: A petition to “create a ‘Do Not Kill” list in which American citizens can sign up to avoid being put on the president’s ‘kill list’ and therefore avoid be... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
As Wells mentioned, the next hearings in the 9/11 cases at Guantanamo have been scheduled. Carol Rosenberg at the Miami Herald reminds us that the hearings will take place during Ramadan. -
Another Hearing in the 9/11 Case Set
So reports Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald: Judge Pohl has set another hearing in United States v. -
Drone Stories, the Secrecy System, and Public Accountability
Both the NYT Becker-Shane “Kill List” story and the Klaidman book excerpt have implications for the pending ACLU FOIA suit in CADC, which seeks CIA records on CIA drone strikes. -
Dawood Ahmed on Pakistani Coverage of Dr. Afridi
Dawood I. Ahmed, a lawyer and doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, writes in with the following thoughts on Pakistani press coverage of the Shakil Afridi case: The conviction of Dr... -
A Brief Comment on Today's New York Times Editorial
No, I am not going to attack the New York Times for factual errors in its editorial this morning concerning President Obama's personal approval of drone targets. While there may be some, none jumped out ... -
SCOTUS to Discuss Detainee Petitions Tomorrow
Over at SCOTUSblog, Lyle Deniston yesterday noted that, according to the Supreme Court's electronic docket, the Court's Thursday conference will address seven petitions for review in detainee-related cas... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
I missed this great article by Elisabeth Bumiller at the New York Times yesterday--a close look at the question of whether the COIN strategy can be counted as successful or not. -
Were Kevin Jon Heller and I Both Wrong?
Earlier this week, Kevin Jon Heller and I had an exchange over what the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA, Akhil Afridi, was actually charged with and convicted of. Writing at Opinio Juris, Kevin dismi... -
Hugo Rosemont on Changes to the British Green Paper Proposal
A couple of months ago, Hugo Rosemont, a Security Policy Adviser to the UK security industry and a doctoral student, sent in this account of the controversy in Britain over a government proposal to allow... -
Dan Klaidman on "How Obama Learned to Kill"
Yesterday, I linked to this article in the New York Times on the development of Obama's counterterrorism policies. I did not know when I posted it that my old colleague, Dan Klaidman, had a book excerpt ...
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