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Civilian Deaths from Drone Strikes
Scott Shane has an important story in the New York Times on the controversy over the number of civilian deaths caused by the CIA's drones program outside of Afghanistan. Shane reports that, The civilian ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Department of State is indirectly financing private security firms to train African soldiers to fight al Shabab in Somalia, reports the New York Times. The Washington Post has this editorial which p... -
What is the Government’s Strategy for the Cyber-exploitation Threat?
Cybersecurity studies distinguish between a cyber-attack, which alters, degrades, or destroys adversary computer systems or the information in or transiting through those systems, and cyber-expolitation,... -
Is it Harder to Charge Lone Wolves than Conspirators? The Naser Abdo Indictment
A grand jury yesterday returned an indictment in the case of Naser Abdo, the guy recently arrested in connection with an alleged bomb plot in relation to Killeen (the same guy who shouted “Major Nidal Ha... -
Anarchy in the UK...and Philadelphia? Flash Mobs, Double-Edged Technology, and State Authority
During the early months of the Arab Spring phenomenon, there was much discussion of the role that technology played in undermining the capacity of authoritarian regimes to suppress political dissent. So... -
Tom Joscelyn Responds to Ramzi Kassem on the Al-Alwi Case
Earlier we posted Ramzi Kassem's criticism of commentary from Ben and Tom Joscelyn concerning the al-Alwi case. Tom has asked us to share the following response: Ramzi Kassem is bothered by the use of t... -
Confirming Begolly's Guilty Plea
Emerson Begolly pled guilty today, ending what would otherwise likely have been a very interesting First Amendment case involving the constitutionality of charging solicitation based on online incitement... -
Reader Thoughts on Vance and Doe
I was trying to formulate my mixed feelings about the Vance and Doe decisions when I received the following email from a Lawfare reader. -
David Remes on Ramadan at Guantanamo
Habeas laywer David Remes writes in with the following thoughts on Ramadan at Guantanamo: In her story on Ramadan fasting in Guantanamo, which you blogged about on August 6, Carol Rosenberg quoted Navy C... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
There are none. Apparently, absolutely nothing has happened in the war on terror or cybersecurity policy since yesterday. Follow us on Twitter for interesting law and security-related articles (if we m... -
An Issue to Watch
Josh Gerstein at the Politico beat me to the punch with a point I have been meaning to make since looking at the Seventh Circuit's Vance decision yesterday: The viability of civil cases against former of... -
Kassem on the Evidence in al-Alwi's Case
Professor Ramzi Kassem of CUNY Law, who serves as counsel for GTMO detainee Moath al-Alwi, takes issue with an earlier post on this blog concerning the al-Alwi case. He has asked us to share the followi...
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