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The Reviews
Happy New Year to all Lawfare readers. Starting this month, Lawfare will be offering a new feature, which I will be editing alongside the Book Reviews. This new feature (tentatively titled just plain "... -
Happy New Year
I am emerging briefly from a much-needed, week-long blog hiatus to give warm greetings and wishes for the New Year to Lawfare readers everywhere, particularly those deployed in harm's way. The year that'... -
The NDAA: The Good, the Bad, and the Laws of War--Part II
By Marty Lederman and Steve Vladeck* [Cross-posted at OpinioJuris] Section 1021 of the NDAA and the Laws of War In our companion post, we explained that section 1021 of the NDAA will not have the dram... -
The NDAA: The Good, the Bad, and the Laws of War--Part I
By Marty Lederman and Steve Vladeck* [Cross-posted at OpinioJuris] Editorial pages and blogs have been overrun in the past couple of weeks with analyses and speculation about the detainee provisions in... -
President Obama Signs NDAA Into Law...
According to the AP, President Obama signed H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act, into law this morning in Hawaii. Below the fold is the text of the signing statement accompanying the bill: ... -
Ninth Circuit Upholds Telecom Immunity for Warrantless Wiretapping but Permits Suit Against Government
As Raffaella mentioned earlier, the Ninth Circuit released three opinions on Thursday relating to class action litigation against the government and major telecommunications companies (AT&T, Verizon, etc... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A generally light news day. Charlie Savage has this terrific piece in the New York Times on the GOP presidential candidate's views on executive power, based on their responses to a Times survey. -
Do Military Commission Defendants Have a Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel?
There's been a fair amount of media and blog attention to the proposed new rules governing (and substantially widening) the government's access to communications between military commission defendants an... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Headlines and Commentary took a short respite despite the plethora of goings-on this past week, so brace yourself for a lengthy news roundup today, as we go over some of the stuff you may have missed. T... -
"America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare," by Joel Brenner
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Al Kandari Files Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kandari has filed a petition for rehearing en banc with the D.C. Circuit Court in his case against the U.S. His singular question is whether the Federal Rules of Evidence apply to... -
Greg Miller's Overview of Drone Program Developments Under Obama
I'm taking a break from de-ornamenting my Christmas tree (or, more accurately, spreading an astonishing number of dried-out pine needles around my living room) to draw attention to this very interesting ...
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