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More on Military Commissions as Defense-Friendly
Gabor Rona of Human Rights First sent me yesterday the following thoughts on Linda Moreno's earlier comments concerning military commissions from a defense perspective: “How is my client best served?” is... -
Reflections on “Lawfare” and Related Terms
Khost, Thursday, November 18, 2010 -- Having outlined, in theory as well as in practice, the military’s and ROLFF’s proper counterinsurgency (COIN) role in Afghanistan, it is time to blog more pointedly—... -
A Reply to Steve Vladeck
It will come as a surprise to nobody who has followed the many exchanges between us Lawfare folks and Steve Vladeck that Steve has written a thoughtful objection to Jack and my oped and series of posts a... -
Appellee Brief Available in Uthman v. Obama
Today in Uthman v. Obama, a habeas merits appeal before the D.C. -
Interesting Reader Response on TSA
My post yesterday on Israeli airline security prompted the following response from reader Steve Checkoway, a computer science PhD candidate specializing in security issues: Mr. Wittes is incorrect to wri... -
Criminal Defense Lawyer Response
A few days ago, in response to comments by David Remes, I asked for thoughts from criminal defense lawyers as to whether they would rather defend a terrorist case in federal court or in a a military comm... -
Building the Rule of Law in Practice
Kandahar City, Wednesday, November 17, 2010 -- Counterinsurgency (COIN) theory—for that is what my last post describes—is only that: theory. The current reality in Afghanistan is that the rule of law rem... -
Judge Dennis Jacobs on Hostility to the Military Among Legal Elites
A few days ago, Judge Dennis Jacobs (Second Circuit) gave the 10th Annual Barbara K. -
Thoughts on Being Groped by TSA
Jack's post yesterday on TSA crystalized a thought over which I have been stewing passively as this debate has unfolded. While I do not hold myself out as an expert in any sense of airline security, Jack... -
Judge Mukasey on the Advantages of Military Commissions
Commenting on the Ghailani prosecution a few nights ago on PBS Newshour, former Attorney General Mukasey criticized the use of a civilian court rather than a military commission. He observed that the ve... -
New CRS Report on U.S. Rule of Law Efforts in Afghanistan
Here, via the excellent Secrecy News, and just in time for General Martins’ posts on the subject, is a new CRS Report entitled: Afghanistan: U.S. Rule of Law and Justice Sector Assistance. -
Building the Rule of Law in Theory
Kandahar, Tuesday, November 16, 2010 -- Whether contemporary U.S. counterinsurgency operations (COIN) and legal institution-building are “an attractive form of lawfare,” as Jack proposed in his 8 Septemb...
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