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A Big Lawfare Announcement: Wells Bennett Becomes Managing Editor
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Lawfare's first managing editor: Wells C. Bennett. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="160"] Wells C. Bennett[/caption] Wells is already well-known to ... -
Tim Starks of CQ on Lawfare
Over at the CQ Weekly, Tim Starks has written a mini-profile of Lawfare. It opens (warning: paywall): When the House Judiciary Committee summoned experts in February to testify about the legality of dron... -
Readings: John Villasenor on "Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Privacy"
John Villasenor has new law review article out taking a systematic look at drones and privacy. Entitled "Observations from Above: Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Privacy" and published in the Harvard Journ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
All of Lawfare, that is, except for Today's Headlines and Commentary, as it seems silly to round up what is itself a roundup. Let's start with detention, Guantanamo, habeas, and related matters: Wells ... -
New Feature: The Week That Was
I'm happy to announce a new experimental feature on Lawfare--a weekly digest of our posts. I have received a lot of complaints in recent months that during heavy-blogging weeks, Lawfare's feed can be ove... -
"National Security Investigations & Prosecutions, 2nd ed. (Vols. 1 & 2)," by David S. Kris and J. Douglas Wilson
Published by Thomson West (2012) Reviewed by Sara Aronchick Solow -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
North Korea's social media accounts were hacked yesterday by Anonymous, not that any of that country’s citizens would know about it. -
Congratulations to Trevor Morrison
Lawfare's Trevor Morrison has been appointed the next dean of NYU Law School. NYU is gaining in Trevor one of the very best scholars, teachers, colleagues, and leaders I know. Congratulations, Trevor! -
21st Annual National Security Law Institute (UVA, June 2-14)
Every year I try to draw particular attention to this terrific event, and for good reason: it is a wonderful occasion to take a deep dive into an array of topics that will interest any member of the lis... -
Steve Vladeck, Role Model
Congratulations to Lawfare's very own Steve Vladeck who, in his day job as professor and associate dean for scholarship at Washington College of Law, American University, has just been awarded the 2013 "... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Nicole Perlroth and David Sanger have this New York Times report on recent cyberattacks against the private sector. The strikes main aim is not to disrupt companies' activities or collect their trade se... -
"The Human Face of Big Data," by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, eds.
Published by Against All Odds Productions (2012) Reviewed by Susan Hennessey -
Send to Kindle Button
Administrative note: Amazon.com has released a service allowing blogs to install a "Send to Kindle" button on posts that, well, does more or less what it sounds like. I have installed it, because I know ... -
"The Gatekeepers," by Dror Moreh (Director)
Published by Sony Pictures Classics-US Release (Israel 2012) Reviewed by Alan Rozenshtein, Ritika Singh, and Netta Barak-Corren -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
First, a public service announcement: I join my fellow news followers, journalists, and blog junkies in exasperation over Google's announcement that it is "retiring" Google Reader. My only hope is that y... -
Readings: "Drawnward" By Caitlin Fitz Gerald
"I like to write about foreign policy, national security, and related subjects. I like to make art. This site is an experiment in combining the two." -
Federalist Society Drone Teleforum Tomorrow
For those of our readers who are members of the Federalist Society, its next "teleforum" conference call is tomorrow at 1 p.m. (EST) on the subject of "The Use of Lethal Force on U.S. Citizens." The thre... -
Duke University Law School’s Law, Ethics, and National Security (LENS) Conference
Duke Law School held its annual LENS conference over the weekend. Its theme this year was “Battlefields, Boardrooms, and Backyards: The New Face of National Security Law.” Here is the conference program,... -
Habeas, Due Process, and... Extradition?
One of the more interesting structural constitutional questions to emerge from the post-9/11 detention litigation has been the previously under-explored relationship between the Constitution's Suspension... -
Pope Benedict XVI: A Lawfare Footnote
The historic resignation of Pope Benedict XVI last week causes me to recall the involvement of the Office of the Legal Adviser in a lawsuit against the Pope. Pope Benedict XVI was sued in the Southern ...
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