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Event on Comparative U.S./Israeli National Security Law: March 27
For interested D.C.-area readers, we're hosting what should be a fascinating panel discussion here at American University Washington College of Law next Tuesday (March 27), from 1-3 p.m., on "U.S. and Is... -
Amicus Brief in al Bahlul by Former Members of the Intelligence Community
Another amicus brief has been filed in the D.C. Circuit appeal of the military commission of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, this time by former members of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Arguing on ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Senate's Three Amigos (John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham) have penned this op-ed in the Washington Post on being successful in Afghanistan. Jack has posted on Slate an account of how Pre... -
The Fairness and Effectiveness of Military Commissions: A Response to Jack
In a characteristically thougtful essay over at Slate, and building on themes in his new book, Jack returns to a familiar argument--that the extent to which the Obama Administration has embraced military... -
Jack Speaks on Power & Constraint at AEI
For those of you who missed Jack--and others--speak about his new book yesterday at AEI, never fear. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Rep. Peter King is at it again--he's chairing an investigative hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee today to assess the terror threat to the U.S. homeland posed by Iran and its links to Hezbo... -
Senator Feinstein on the Obama Administration and Targeted Killing
Earlier this week I published a piece on the Foreign Policy page that defended the legal infrastructure for the Obama’s administration’s targeted killing program. At the end I made the following proposa... -
Opinion in Kadi v. Geithner
Yesterday, Judge John Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the government’s motion for summary judgment in the case of Kadi v. Geithner. Yassin Abdullah Kadi, a... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A Pakistani parliamentary commission has demanded an end to U.S. -
Moving to Warrant-Based Targeting and the Law Enforcement Model in Afghanistan?
A little while back, I wrote an article describing the evolution of our capture and detention policies in Iraq from 2003 to 2010 (based on a review of a massive pile of after-action reports and interview... -
Oral Argument Yesterday in Doe v. Rumsfeld [Updated]
The D.C. Circuit heard oral argument yesterday in Doe v. Rumsfeld (11-5209), a Bivens case brought by a U.S. citizen working as a military contractor in Iraq who alleged detention and interrogation abuse... -
Sustained Sequences of Non-Spectacular Terrorist Attacks
In most years when I teach my seminar on the history of terrorism and US counterterrorism law and policy, the question arises why terrorists do not more frequently embrace the "Beltway Sniper" model--i....
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