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At Last, the Times Speaks!
Better late that never, the New York Times has finally run an editorial on the Al Aulaqi strike. This makes it impossible to accept new entries in the Write the New York Times Al-Aulaqi Editorial Compet... -
Arrest in an Alleged Iranian Plot to Kill the Saudi Ambassador to the United States
This is a pretty remarkable development. Authorities have arrested a dual US-Iranian citizen on charges that he conspired with a senior official of Iran's Qods Force (of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionar... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The big news this morning is that Al Qaeda has joined the ranks of those who say that the U.S. targeted killing of Anwar Al-Aulaqi was unconstitutional. Jason Ukman at the Washington Post reports on the ... -
Competition Entry #1
Jacob Sternberger, a political science and security studies major at Dickinson College, has the distinction of sending in the first entry in Lawfare's Write the New York Times Al-Aulaqi Editorial Competi... -
John Yoo on the Al-Aulaqi Memo
Reading the blogs today, you might think Marty Lederman and David Barron had gotten deeply in touch with their inner John Yoo when they wrote the Al-Aulaqi memo. Spencer Ackerman, to cite a typical examp... -
U.N. Report on Treatment of Detainees in Afghan Custody
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has released its report on the treatment of detainees in the custody of the Afghan government. Here is the executive summary: From October 2010 to Au... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Economist argues this week that drones are the future of air power. Wired magazine reported, as Jack noted over the weekend, that a fleet of Air Force drones has been infected with a computer virus.... -
DOD/GC Jeh Johnson to address the question, “Is More Detainee Legislation Needed?”
Next Tuesday, October 18, at The Heritage Foundation: [T]he House and Senate have proposed additional detainee-related legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012. Both have pro... -
How Government Silence Undermines Terrorism Policies: Part One
I want to put discussion of whether the government should publicly disclose the full legal framework behind its targeted killings program, including the killing of Al-Aulaqi, an American citizen, in a la... -
Philip Bobbitt on Leaks and Legal Rationales
Columbia law professor Philip Bobbitt, author of Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century, writes in with the following comments in response to my comments on the Charlie Savage story: ... -
A New Lawfare Competition: Write the New York Times Editorial on Al-Aulaqi
A second Sunday paper has come and gone since the Anwar Al-Aulaqi strike, and still no New York Times editorial about it. I guess the killing of two U.S. -
Kenneth Anderson on Charlie Savage's Story and Secrecy
I was planning to write a piece this morning pointing out that Charlie Savage's story--to which I linked last night and which describes in some detail the legal rationale in the OLC opinion authorizing t...
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