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Readings: George Shultz, Park Avenue Synagogue Address, 1984
The age of international and transnational terrorism came to prominence in the late 1960s and 70s, and then kicked into high gear in the 1980s, particularly where terrorists were supported by, and someti... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Lawfare readers probably already know that we had a few technical difficulties this week that resulted in the site's being intermittently inaccessible for a couple of days. We hope we're past all of that... -
Technical Difficulties
For those readers who haven't noticed, Lawfare has been experiencing significant technical difficulties over the past 36 hours---intermittent outages ranging from a few minutes to, in a couple of cases, ... -
New Lawfare Wiki Library Resources
I'm pleased to announce two new collections of resources for the Lawfare Wiki Document Library. Thanks to Alan Rozenshtein, we now have a page devoted to war powers---which includes everything from decla... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Like most people accessing the Internet this week, we at Lawfare were a bit focused on everything related to the Edward Snowden leaks. We had some other valuable commentary, though, including a rather in... -
"Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History," by John Fabian Witt
Published by Free Press (2012) Reviewed by Stephen C. Neff -
"Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History," by John Fabian Witt
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Fighting over Legal Process in the SoftBank-Sprint Deal
Last week, the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved Japanese telecommunications firm SoftBank's purchase of a 70% interest in Sprint-Nextel. -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Unsurprisingly, the dominant story on Lawfare concerned a leaked FISA Court order and the disclosure of the NSA's PRISM program. Here are Steve's post, written when the Guardian first published its piece... -
Hanging Out at MILOPS
Monday finds me in Bangkok---jetlagged and exhausted---at the 26th annual International Military Law and Operations (MILOPS) Conference, which is convened every year by U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM). I do... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Hearing few objections (and indeed many expressions of support!), I forge ahead with Lawfare's newest feature: the Week That Was. The week's big news was that President Obama plans to nominate James Com... -
Readings: Jim Comey on "Intelligence Under the Law"
In light of Jim Comey's reported selection as FBI director, this 2005 speech---published later in the Green Bag---is a matter of inherent interest. It's one of the things I'll be reading over the next fe... -
Results of Our Readership Survey
Many thanks to all of of those readers---all 505 of you---who took the time to fill out our readership survey. While the survey is not a scientific instrument, the data it collects will be hugely valuabl... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The main topic on Lawfare this week was the President's address at the National Defense University on counterterrorism policy. -
The 2013 Lawfare Readership Survey
This time last year, we posted a readership survey that a larger number of Lawfare readers were kind enough to fill out. The results were extremely helpful, so we thought we'd do it again. -
Thursday Obama Speech on Counterterrorism
The President will give a speech on counterterrorism at the National Defense University on Thursday, reports the WP: A White House official, speaking Saturday on the condition of anonymity to describe th... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On the Lawfare menu this week was a lot of discussion of the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, docket updates in a number of related court cases, detention matters, surveillance law, two ... -
Wiki Case Page: Al Bahlul Resources
Over the next few weeks, we will be starting our rollout of the Lawfare Wiki Document Library. The library will have many facets, and we will be introducing it piece by piece, sometimes page by page. The... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Benghazi attacks get more polarizing by the minute: Karen DeYoung of the Washington Post reports that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has accused Republicans of leaking -
Wikipedia Volunteer Elijah Bosley Responds
This morning, I posted a link to a new article I have written with Stephanie Leutert about our efforts to edit the Wikipedia page on "lawfare." The article describes how a volunteer Wikipedia editor name...
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