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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 things w... -
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. -
Al Madhwani Cert Opposition Filed
The government has filed its opposition to cert in the case of Al Madhwani v. Obama--a Guantanamo habeas case. Al Madhwani's cert petition seeks review of this DC Circuit opinion affirming his detention. -
<i>Minneci v. Pollard</i> and Contractor Liability
Tomorrow morning, the en banc Fourth Circuit will hear oral argument in the two Abu Ghraib/contractor preemption cases about which we've blogged previously. -
Cully Stimson Responds...
My earlier post prompted the following reply from Cully Stimson, whom I thank for sending such a thoughtful response, and which I think it only fair to post in its entirety: My friend Steve Vladeck takes... -
"Eager Young Know-Nothings": A Response to Cully Stimson
Further to the ongoing exchange (begun on Salon and continued on this blog here and here) between Laura Pitter from Human Rights Watch and Ben on the fairness vel non of the al-Nashiri military commissio... -
Mark Denbeaux on Latif
I don't normally agree on detention policy matters with Seton Hall's Mark Denbeaux--and there's certainly some rhetoric in this piece in Jurist that I would never use and conclusions I do not reach. That...
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