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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... -
Most Detail Yet on Al-Aulaqi OLC Memo
A lot of new details in this Charlie Savage story on the OLC memo from last year on the legality of targeting Anwar Al-Aulaqi. -
Computer Virus Infects U.S. Drone Fleet
Noah Shachtman reports at Danger Room that a “computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanis... -
FOIA and the Question of Secret Law
Charlie Savage of the New York Times has filed this FOIA suit in an effort to acquire a classified report issued by DOJ and ODNI to Congress "pertaining to intelligence collection authorities" under sect... -
Mitt Romney on Updating the AUMF
Today the Romney campaign issued a White Paper on Foreign Policy and National Defense. I have only had time to skim it, but this passage stood out as of particular interest to Lawfare readers: Update th... -
Daniel Bethlehem on Out-of-Theater Targeting
Daniel Bethlehem, who recently stepped down as principal legal adviser of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, has an interesting essay in the Harvard National Security Journal, on out-of-theater target...
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