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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Welcome back. I hope you ate your fill of turkey and pumpkin pie, and if you were one of the fearless souls who braved the Black Friday mobs, that you returned home triumphant, in one piece, and without ... -
Hamdan Amicus Briefs Available [Updated]
Four Five amicus briefs have been filed in the D.C. -
Weaknesses in U.S. Cybersecurity Deterrence Strategy
I had an op-ed over the weekend arguing that last week’s Defense Department report to Congress – which announced for the first time a policy of using offensive cyber weapons in response to threats or use... -
Gregory McNeal on U.S. Targeting Standards
Lawfare Book Review Editor Kenneth Anderson is planning, in short order, to launch a new feature flagging and recommending must-read scholarship in the world of national security and law--a matter on whi... -
Guess Where They're Reading Lawfare!
Over the past month, according to data from Google Analytics, Lawfare's readership has hailed overwhelmingly--as always--from the United States (nearly 86 percent of visitors). Readers from the United Ki... -
Udall Amendment on NDAA
Senator Mark Udall of Colorado is pushing an amendment to the NDAA to strip the bill of its detainee-affairs provisions and require further study of the relevant issues from both the executive branch and... -
Clapper Letter on NDAA
I missed this before Thanksgiving, I'm afraid, but fortunately, the invaluable Josh Gerstein did not: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is joining the chorus of Obama administration voices ... -
Thanksgiving Greetings
I am going to take a blogging break over the next 24 hours to confront a profound Thanksgiving challenge: What one feeds vegetarians that is somehow in keeping with the thematic spirit of a dinner whose ... -
An Additional Thought on Defeating Al Qaeda Core
I have one thought to add to Bobby's observations yesterday about the legal implications of finishing off the Al Qaeda core in Pakistan. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon has taken a be... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Tomorrow you may gorge on turkey, but you're about to go on a four-day news and commentary diet. So here's your fix before the fast. Let's start with last night's GOP debate on national security, which ... -
The Legal Implications of the Decline of the Original al Qaeda Network
Greg Miller of the Washington Post has an important story this morning addressing the possibility that the original al Qaeda network is but a drone strike or two away from eradication: The leadership ran...
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