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State Department Raises Counterterrorism Office to Bureau Level
The State Department announced today that the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism has been upgraded to bureau level and renamed the Bureau of Counterterrorism (press briefing and fact sheet). ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Not a whole lot going today. I guess all the drones, detainees, and terrorists were busy yesterday following the Iowa caucuses. A few items worth mentioning, though. Yesterday, Iran warned a U.S. aircra... -
Reviews: Amicus Scholars' Briefs - Two Views
Last October 2011, Harvard Law School's Richard Fallon posted to SSRN an essay entitled, "Scholars' Briefs and the Vocation of a Law Professor," which raised serious questions about the ethics of law pr... -
Reviews: UK House of Commons Library Publishes Briefing on Al-Aulaqi
Lawfare readers who followed our coverage and analysis of the al-Aulaqi drone strike last fall (archived here) may be interested to see the UK House of Commons Library’s recently released research briefi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
With all the focus on the Iowa Caucuses today, there is scant news to share, but here goes: FoxNews.com reported over the weekend that the U.S. -
One More (Big!) NSL-Related Panel @ AALS...
In my haste to survey the NSL-related panels at this week's AALS Annual Meeting, I missed one of the "Hot Topics" sessions--a plenary discussion of "Political Crises and Constitutionalism: War," with a s... -
NSL-Related Panels @ the AALS Annual Meeting
For our law professor readers, I thought I'd put together a quick post summarizing the national security-related panels at this week's AALS Annual Meeting here in Washington, D.C. Four panels, in particu... -
OJ Debate Over Lawfare's Comments Policy
My post from last night has given rise to an interesting debate over at Opinio Juris over Lawfare's comments policy, with Kevin Jon Heller opposing our policy and Marko Milanovic giving it a qualified de... -
Lawfare's Comments Policy Under Attack in Comments at OJ
Anyone who wants to understand why Lawfare does not take comments need only take a brief look at this comment thread over at Opinio Juris blasting Lawfare--and others--for not taking comments. -
In Praise of the Signing Statement
Last year, at this time, I wrote a hot-headed little post objecting the signing statement President Obama issued in connection with last year's defense authorization act. This year's signing statement, w... -
The Reviews
Happy New Year to all Lawfare readers. Starting this month, Lawfare will be offering a new feature, which I will be editing alongside the Book Reviews. This new feature (tentatively titled just plain "... -
Happy New Year
I am emerging briefly from a much-needed, week-long blog hiatus to give warm greetings and wishes for the New Year to Lawfare readers everywhere, particularly those deployed in harm's way. The year that'...
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