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...

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...

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...

I only noticed this morning that New York Times Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal had this blog post in advance of the KSM arraignment--responding, in part, to my Washington Post oped of Friday: Ben...

Announcing the inaugural paper of the Lawfare Research Paper Series

In preparing Wednesday's news roundup, I came upon this story in The Express Tribune, a Pakistani English-language newspaper, about an interview that BBC Urdu did with Pakistani Defense Minister Chaudhry...

Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins gave the following statement to the press this morning: Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins Remarks at Guantanamo Bay 6 May 2012

The defense’s question-and-answer session is finally done. When asked by the court, prosecutor Mark Martins quickly waives any challenge to the judge from the prosecution’s side. There’s a quick legal di...

It’s nearly 5:00 pm when the court reconvenes, and everyone is exhausted. The day has been long and contentious, and we are not even 40 percent of the way through the questioning of the judge. Fortunatel...

Mohammed’s lawyer naturally isn’t the only one with questions for the court. Under the rules, each defendant is entitled to ask questions, and by the looks of it, every defense attorney in the courtroom ...