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Drones Event at Brookings
The Brookings Institution is holding a Lawfare-heavy event next week that is sure to pique the interest of our readers: The Impact of Domestic Drones on Privacy, Safety and National Security. Ben, Paul, ... -
Now Up at OJ: Harold Koh ASIL Speech on Syria
My confreres at Opinio Juris tell me that Harold Koh, Legal Adviser to the State Department, has given OJ the text of his address on Syria at the on-going annual meetings of the American Society of Inter... -
Readings: John Rizzo on CIA Reporting to Congress
John Rizzo, formerly acting General Counsel to the CIA (and now a visiting fellow of the Hoover Institution, where he is working on a memoir) has a short piece on the practicalities of the reporting regi... -
Mrs. Bin Laden Speaks
The New York Times has an interesting story today about a police report summarizing interviews of Amal Ahmad Abdul Fateh, one of Osama Bin Laden's wives, who was living with him in the Abbottabad compoun... -
Today's (and Yesterday's) Headlines and Commentary
Headlines and Commentary took a vacation yesterday to focus on the Supreme Court's health care oral arguments and, of course, the War of 1812. I'm sure you were doing the same. -
Polish Judges to Weigh In On the Legality of Detaining al Qaeda Members?
Will Polish judges have the occasion to weigh in on the legality of non-criminal detention of asserted al Qaeda members? Probably so. It appears that Polish prosecutors have brought charges against the... -
Executive Power, Civil Liberties, and the War of 1812
In case you didn't already know this with all of the attention it's getting, this year is the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the War of 1812. Our Brookings colleague, Pietro Nivola, and our friend... -
Directed Acquittal in Seditious Conspiracy Prosecution of Hutaree Militia Members
The 28-page opinion in United States v. Stone, (E.D. Mich. Mar. -
Moment of Zen Files Law Suit
It's not every day that one of Ritika's Moments of Zen files a lawsuit. -
Abu Zubaydah's Lawyer Wants Him Charged
Amanda Jacobsen, a lawyer for Abu Zubaydah, has this oped in the Washington Post complaining that her client--and the government officials responsible for his detention and interrogation--have never face... -
Richard Clarke Says Stuxnet was a U.S. Operation
The former counterterrorism czar reaches this conclusion because the operation had lawyers’ fingerprints on it. From an interview with Ron Rosenbaum in Smithsonian Magazine: “I think it’s pretty clear t...
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