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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 ... -
David Cole on the 9th Circuit's Yoo Decision
Georgetown University law professor David Cole has this piece in the New York Review of Books blog. Cole argues: In closing off yet another avenue of accountability for the wrongs US officials intentiona... -
John Brennan's Speech: The Tree that Fell in the Forest?
It is surprising to me that neither the Washington Post nor the New York Times nor the Wall Street Journal has yet to run an editorial reacting to John Brennan’s extensive and thoughtful speech on drones... -
Significant Cyber Attacks on Federal Systems -- 2004-present
I received the list below (of "Significant Cyber Attacks" on Federal systems since 2004) from sources on Capitol Hill last week. After reading through it and checking the data, it seemed worth making th... -
Call for Feedback on 9/11 Arraignment Coverage
In general, I have received very positive reader response to Lawfare's neurotically-detailed military commissions coverage over the past few months. But yesterday, the estimable Spencer Ackerman suggeste... -
The Next NDAA: An Overview of Detention-Related Provisions
HASC Chairman Buck McKeon today released a draft NDAA for FY '13, which will head to the full committee for markup on the 9th. The text of the bill as it currently stands is posted here, McKeon's announ...
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