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Paul Rosenzweig Guest Blogging on Cyber Legislation
I'm pleased to announce that Paul Rosenzweig will be guest blogging for Lawfare while Congress considers the cybersecurity legislation that is now headed for the Senate floor. Paul has a great deal of ex... -
When Is a Covert Action No Longer Covert?
Riddle me this: At what point does official acknowledgment of a covert action become so strong that it can no longer be justified as a covert action--which is statutorily defined as action in which the r... -
The United States as a Party to an AQAP-Specific Armed Conflict in Yemen
Drone strikes in Yemen raise important questions regarding the field of application of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the extraterritorial applicability of International Human Rights Law (IHRL), a... -
Cybersecurity on the Floor
So amidst all of the gridlock in Congress and the presidential campaigning, there is actually a pretty good chance that Congress might get something significant and forward-looking done this year. The is... -
Al Kandari En Banc Petition Denied
Well, that didn't take long. The government only submitted its opposition to Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari's petition for en banc review on January 19. But the D.C. Circuit today denied the petition. A... -
How to Subscribe to the Lawfare Podcast in iTunes Now
As Ben mentioned, we're still waiting for iTunes to approve the Lawfare Podcast. Even before approval, however, you can subscribe to it through iTunes by following these simple steps: Open iTunes. Go ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Eric Schmitt and Michael Schmidt write in the New York Times that the drones keeping watch in Iraq are less than welcome these days, despite their being operated by the State Department, not the military... -
Announcing the Lawfare Podcast
It is a great pleasure to announce the first episode of the Lawfare Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast quite literally speaks for itself, so I won't spend a lot of time introducing it. Like a lot of... -
Amicus Brief Challenging the ICTY's Ruling on Distinction in Gotovina
[The following guest post, from Geoff Corn (South Texas College of Law), extends the discussion of the Gotovina decision from Laurie Blanks's guest post yesterday] On April 15, 2011, the Internatio... -
On Determining Whether Artillery Fire Was Directed at Civilians Purposefully: Criticism of the ICTY's Gotovina Decision
[This is the first of two posts concerning the ICTY's Gotovina decision (the ICTY summary of which appears here, and two volumes of trial documents are available here] Professor Laurie Blank, Director o... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Blog of Legal Times tells us that the Department of Justice has "filed court papers Wednesday in a public records suit in Washington asking U.S. -
District Court Judgment Affirmed in Suleiman Appeal
No big surprise here: The D.C. Circuit has affirmed the judgment of the District Court in upholding the detention of Guantanamo detainee Abdul-Rahman Abdo Abulghaith Suleiman's appeal.
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