Today's Headlines and Commentary

The AP reports that a drone strike in Pakistan killed five militants this morning; one of the demisees was a gentleman named Badar Mansoor, a senior commander "suspected of killing dozens of people in attacks in Pakistan and further afield," says the BBC. A bunch of terrorism trial news today: According to the Washington Post, the lawyer for Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, a former Marine who was "sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly spying for the CIA" says his client "could be saved if the Obama administration would consider a prisoner swap." The AP informs us that lawyers for Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, an Iraqi man arrested in Kentucky "who faces charges of attempting to provide material support to terrorists and terrorist organizations and conspiracy to transfer surface-to-air missile launcher systems," may not "see or supress" secret documents. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell ruled that the information obtained about the defendant under FISA is admissible.  The AP tells us that a Pakistani-born Chicago taxi driver by the name of Raja Lahrasib Khan has pled guilty to attempting to provide material support to a "Pakistani-based terrorist [leader] with alleged ties to al-Qaida." The AP has more on the FAA bill that just passed Congress allowing GPS control of air traffic and drone flights in U.S. airspace. The New York Times describes the split between Israel and the United States on "whether Iran’s crucial nuclear facilities are about to become impregnable." USA Today reports that the FBI has reduced the amount of GPS surveillance it conducts after the Supreme Court's ruling in Jones. The surveillance on you, dear reader, continues. And just in case you think the theat of Iran has been overblown lately, imagine its nuclear facilities protected by these warriors--today's Moment of Zen:   For more interesting law and security-related articles, follow us on Twitter, visit the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law’s Security Law Brief, Fordham Law’s Center on National Security’s Morning Brief, and Fordham Law’s new Cyber Brief. Email us noteworthy articles we may have missed at  wakeman.lawfare@gmail.com  and  singh.lawfare@gmail.com.