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Thoughts on Stephen Preston's Harvard Speech
How should we understand CIA General Counsel Stephen Preston's speech at Harvard Law School the other day? It is not, like earlier speeches by senior administration lawyers and counterterrorism officials... -
Supreme Court: Only "Natural Persons" Subject to Liability under TVPA
The Supreme Court just released -- only seven weeks after oral argument -- its decision in Mohamad v. -
Government Response Filed in Suleiman
The government has filed its response to Abdulrahman Abdou Abou Al Ghaith Suleiman's petition for rehearing en banc in the D.C. Circuit. -
House Homeland Cyber Bill -- The Lungren Substitute
The House Homeland Security Committee has now released its own updated version of a cybersecurity bill. The text is (Lungren Substitute April 2012). This bill stands in pretty significant contrast to ... -
Obama Administration Senior Speeches on Targeted Killing Plus ... A Blog Post
We now have a collection of speeches from the past two years by the Obama administration's top lawyers in the national security agencies and departments on targeted killing and (hypothetically speaking) ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
It was such a beautiful day here yesterday in Washington that Headlines and Commentary took the day off. Lots of debate on the cybersecurity legislation, but luckily The Hill is all over this one: on Fr... -
Court Dismisses Detainee Suit in--Of All Places--Washington State
A judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Washington in Seattle has dismissed a Bivens action by a former Guantanamo detainee against former Defense Secretary Bob Gates. Adel Hassan Hamad is... -
Dan Klaidman on Stephen Preston's Harvard Speech
My old colleague Daniel Klaidman from days of yore at Legal Times writes in with a guest post on CIA General Counsel Stephen Preston's speech at Harvard Law School. -
An Exciting Announcement
We are delighted to announce three important new voices joining Lawfare's cadre of senior contributors. -
Cert. denied in two Guantanamo cases
Today the Supreme Court issued cert. determinations in two of the several Guantanamo-related petitions that have been filed this term. The Court denied both petitions, declining to hear either Abdah v. -
More Habeas Silliness: The "Right to Habeas Corpus" Act
Rumor has it that sometime this week (perhaps as early as tomorrow), Congressmen Scott Rigell (R-VA) and Jeff Landry (R-LA) will introduce a bill titled the "Right to Habeas Corpus Act." In short, the bi... -
Two Visions of Cyber Reality
Sometimes my friends ask me "how bad is it really?" How bad is the cyber threat? It's hard to answer that question -- and its even harder when the experts can't reach a consensus. It would be almost i...
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