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Washingtonian Profile of DOJ Leaks Prosecutor
Shane Harris of Washingtonian magazine has a lengthy profile on the magazine's web site of William Welch, who is the Justice Department's point man on leaks cases. -
Wow. I'm Verklempt!
It's not quite a trading card, which remains the high point, but an award for being "The Worst Possible Person in the World" comes pretty close. Turns out that DOJ, in a footnote in a brief before the D... -
More on the Committee Chairs' Letter
Wells rightly points out the ridiculousness of the various House committee chairs yesterday demanding that President Obama follow the terms of unenacted legislation. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Bad day for Taliban cybersecurity. The Taliban is denying that their leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar is dead, following emails to that effect from the group and a notice on a Taliban web site. The group con... -
Since When Is the President Supposed to Enforce Unenacted Statutes?
Earlier today, Raffaela noted a letter, sent by the Chairs of various House Committees to the President, regarding the latter’s approach to the Warsame case. Unsurprisingly, the letter critiqued the Adm... -
Thomas Joscelyn Responds
Over at the Weekly Standard, Thomas Joscelyn has a response to Bobby and my earlier response to his response to our responses (here and here) to his piece on Matthew Olsen. -
Letter to Obama Regarding Warsame from House Committee Chairs
Several House committee chairs have sent this letter regarding the Warsame case to President Obama. -
CRS Report on NDAA Detainee Provisions
A new Congressional Research Service report reviews provisions in the competing versions of the National Defense Authorization Act regarding detainee affairs. Here is a summary of the report's findings: ... -
Lawfare's 1,000th Post
This is Lawfare's 1,000th post. It takes place during our 11th month of operation. During the blog's brief life, it has gone from non-existence to a site which has averaged more than 1,700 visits daily o... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Senator John McCain wants a new Congressional panel created to deal with cybersecurity. Ben Pershing at the Post discusses McCain's proposal sent to Senate leaders last week. -
Another Conviction in the al-Shabab Recruitment Investigation
United States v. Mohamed (D.Minn. July 18, 2011) is the latest in a series of convictions federal prosecutors have obtained in response to the recruitment of young Somali-American men in the Minneapolis ... -
The Naked AUMF
A quick thought in response to the very interesting exchange underway between Ben and Kevin (the most recent contribution to it is here). In an update to an earlier post, Kevin writes: Ben is quite righ...
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