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Would a Computer Network Operation to Disrupt Wikileaks Count as a "Covert Action" for Oversight Purposes?
The decision by Wikileaks to expose a massive collection of classified State Department cables, and the fact that Wikileaks seems today to be experiencing a DDOS attack, creates an occasion to think hypo... -
More from John Bellinger
Responding to my suggestion that Lawfare readers debate the parameters of a new AUMF--a discussion thread for which I have started over at our Facebook page--John Bellinger III writes in with the followi... -
The Latest Issue of Inspire
The latest issue of Inspire, the glossy English-language in-house magazine of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is available here, courtesy of a web site entitled Public Intelligence. The first issue is ... -
Updating the AUMF--A Discussion
It is hardly a surprise that John Bellinger III is being attacked (here and here, for example) for his modest suggestion in the Washington Post the other day that Congress should update the AUMF. -
Koh Letter to Wikileaks [Updated]
Late Saturday night the State Department released a strongly worded letter from Legal Advisor Harold Koh to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and his attorney concerning the apparently imminent publicatio... -
Lawfare Comments and Discussions on Facebook
Here at Lawfare, we don't take comments. Being very old-fashioned, we started this blog to express our opinions to a group of readers, not to create a bulletin board for those readers. We have gotten any... -
A Dispatch from Dulles
I traveled by air yesterday to be with my family for Thanksgiving. And to tell the truth I was kind of looking forward to the flight almost as much as I was the turkey and mashed potatoes. I've been dyin... -
Medill Discussion on Targeted Killing and the Law
Back on November 17, the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative held an excellent forum on legal issues surrounding targeted killing. The panel consisted of me and Gary Solis, author of the recen... -
John Bellinger on the Need for New Framework Legislation for Counterterrorism
John Bellinger argues in today's Washington Post for new framework legislation relating to counterterrorism - that is, for a new statute to supersede the AUMF. John concludes: Nearly 10 years after the ... -
The Gap Between the Public’s and the Government’s View of the Terrorism Threat
Marc Thiessen has taken a lot of heat for this argument in the course of defending TSA screening procedures: Can any of us imagine the debate we’ve had in recent weeks unfolding in the days immediately f... -
Thanksgiving Wishes
I'm going to take a break from blogging for the next twenty-four hours, but before I go dark, I want to wish Lawfare readers all over the world a wonderful holiday. In particular, in light of Brig. -
Lawfare: So Are We Waging It?
Parwan, Friday, November 19, 2010 -- The week’s posts up until now—written on a Blackberry while we moved or found small spaces of time between engagements—position me finally to move from the definition...
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