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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.... -
Two Upcoming Events at Brookings
Two upcoming events at the Brookings Institution that are salient to a lot of the issues we discuss on Lawfare: Pakistan on the Edge: The Future of Pakistan and the U.S. Response -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots of developments over the weekend in the case of the American soldier who went on a rampage and killed 16 Afghan civilians. First off, he now has a name--Staff Sgt. Robert Bales--and the New York Tim... -
Peter Margulies on Proposed FOIA Amendments
Peter Margulies of Roger Williams School of Law has this article on proposed amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #7: Paul Rosenzweig and Allan Friedman on Cybersecurity Legislation
In this episode of the Lawfare Podcast, I sat down with Lawfare's cybersecurity legislative guest blogger, Paul Rosenzweig, and with my Brookings colleague Allan Friedman, to talk about pending pending c... -
Administration Response to Andy Worthington
An administration official sends in the following in response to Andy Worthington's critique of the DNI's recidivism numbers: How I wish he were right. But he isn’t. The DNI numbers usefully distingu... -
Andy Worthington on Guantanamo Recidivism
British journalist Andy Worthington offers this critique of the recent DNI report on Guantanamo recidivism--and of the press coverage of the report. -
"Power and Constraint" Book Events This Week
I have three major events in connection with my book this week. Tonight at 6 p.m., the Harvard Book Store will be hosting an event at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge. Discussants will be Harvard profe...
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