Today's Headlines and Commentary

Iran claimed on Sunday that it had successfully recreated an American drone allegedly captured in 2011. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps showed off the copy of the Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel drone during a ceremony in Tehran, before Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In his second installment about Boko Haram, Jideofor Adibe discusses three possible trajectories that could emerge in the conflict in Nigeria. His previous post explained the emergence of the terrorist group, and is very worth checking out. The next piece in the series will provide policy recommendations for dealing with the conflict. Speaking of Boko Haram, the New York Times reported yesterday that the kidnapped schoolgirls (who have now been missing for a month) were shown on a video released by the terrorist group. The militants are attempting to negotiate the release of the girls in exchange for prisoners. The Obama administration is conducting surveillance flights in Nigeria in search for the girls, and all but one member of the team of military and law enforcement officials assigned to the rescue mission is already in Abuja. From the New York Times: Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen is stepping up its propaganda game "in a stream of online videos arguing that Washington and its Yemeni Army allies are the ones carelessly killing innocent bystanders in their drone attacks and military campaigns targeting suspected militants." The two Yemenis who tried to abduct two U.S. Embassy officials in Sana'a may not have been part of Al Qaeda, says Ellen Knickmeyer of the Wall Street Journal. The relatively unsophisticated nature of the botched abduction has led some to believe that the men were tribesmen or common criminals. Pakistani authorities, who worry that the U.S. withdrawal next door in Afghanistan will lead to a massive influx of Afghan refugees, have started to crack down on those already in the country. Meanwhile, Glenn Greenwald's new book on the Edward Snowden affair, No Place to Hide, has been getting no shortage of attention. Charlie Savage of the New York Times tells us that the book, which was published today, reveals a much wider scope of spying by U.S. diplomats---with NSA's help---on their foreign counterparts. Here is the New York Times review by Michiko Kakutani, and as Jack noted, here is David Cole's review in the Washington Post. The Guardian provides us with excerpts from the book. And Greenwald was on the Colbert Report last night; he said that his next big story will be about who the targets of NSA spying are. In other news, former acting director of the CIA Mike Morell expressed his support for the Republican-led special investigative committee on Benghazi. Josh Gerstein of Politico has more. Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald informs us that building a new Camp 7 at Guantanamo Bay will cost Congress $69 million instead of $49 million because of fancy perks like legal meeting rooms and a private medical clinic for prisoners. Wells told us last month about an FBI inquiry into the possible dissemination of classified information related to Ramzi Binalshibh's ongoing trial at Guantanamo Bay. Adam Goldman writes that it is winding down, and is not likely to result in charges. Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical British imam on trial in Manhattan, denied yesterday that he played a role in kidnapping tourists in Yemen in 1998. Here are the Associated Press and The Guardian with the latest. Email the Roundup Team noteworthy law and security-related articles to include, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for additional commentary on these issues. Sign up to receive Lawfare in your inbox. Visit our Events Calendar to learn about upcoming national security events, and check out relevant job openings on our Job Board.