Criminal Justice & the Rule of Law

Homeland Security and ... Zombies?

Robert Chesney
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 4:25 PM
If you think it is disturbing to park next to a car with "Ebola" on the license plate, consider what I found parked behind my car last night when I came out from a restaurant: [caption id="attachment_6335" align="alignnone" width="644" caption="Maybe Max Brooks was in town for South by Southwest?"]
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If you think it is disturbing to park next to a car with "Ebola" on the license plate, consider what I found parked behind my car last night when I came out from a restaurant: [caption id="attachment_6335" align="alignnone" width="644" caption="Maybe Max Brooks was in town for South by Southwest?"][/caption] To be fair, I was expecting to see all sorts of interesting things here in Austin this weekend, as South by Southwest gets underway.  But I confess this surprised me.  Is there something DHS or the CDC should be telling us?  Inquiring minds want to know!  No word yet on whether the courts will assert jurisdiction in zombie detention cases, nor whether the administration will take the position that zombies fall within the scope of the AUMF.  Rumor has it, though, that a senior administration official plans a speech soon to discuss zombie targeting....
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Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.
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