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Readings: Jennifer C. Daskal, The Geography of the Battlefield: A Framework for Detention and Targeting Outside the 'Hot' Conflict Zone
In the next few days, the Naval War College will be devoting a workshop to the topic of the legal geography of the battlefield. That includes the question of whether there is one, separate from where th... -
An Exciting Announcement
I'm stoked to announce an exciting change in Lawfare's staffing. Wells Bennett, who has long been a Contributor to the site, is becoming a Special Correspondent, having left his law firm to devote himsel... -
Audio of Federalist Society Teleforum on Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens
Back in March (so, well before John Brennan's new remarks on the issue), my friend and colleague Mike Lewis from Ohio Northern and I participated in a "teleforum" debate for the Federalist Society on the... -
Readings: The Rise of Operational Law of Armed Conflict as an Academic Specialization
The predominance today of "international criminal law" within public international law has meant a corresponding demotion of other areas of PIL - the law of international organizations, for example. But... -
"Reexamining the Scope of Executive Power: A Debate" -- Tonight in NYC
For New York-area readers, the American Constitution Society and the Brennan Center for Justice are co-sponsoring an "intra-progressive" debate tonight at the Brennan Center, featuring Marty Flaherty fro... -
Federalist Society 2012 National Security Symposium
Earlier this month, the Federalist Society held a symposium on national security in Washington at the D.C. office of Jones Day. Video from the sessions is now available. Here is panel #1--on detention,... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Greg Miller at the Washington Post reports on the CIA's efforts to expand its drone campaign in Yemen. The agency requests that it be permitted to strike based solely on intelligence indicating suspiciou... -
What Should the Administration Say? The Canonical National Security Law Speeches of the Obama Administration Senior Officials and General Counsels
Several readers have made the good suggestion of creating a list of the "formal" or even (arguably, meaning in the opinion of the Readings Editor) "canonical" statements of the Obama administration regar... -
An Exciting Announcement
We are delighted to announce three important new voices joining Lawfare's cadre of senior contributors. -
"The Sudan Handbook," by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Suliman Baldo, and Jok Madut Jok, eds.
Published by James Currey (London UK 2011) Reviewed by Tom Porteous -
Georgetown Event on "Shadow Wars"
This looks like a very interesting event: The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law and the Journal of National Security Law and Policy Cordially invite you to a lively discussion of the J... -
Vazquez and Vladeck on State Law and the Nature of the <i>Bivens</i> Question
Over @ SSRN, Carlos Vazquez and I have posted our forthcoming article on "State Law, the Westfall Act, and the Nature of the Bivens Question After Minneci v. -
Remarks of CIA General Counsel Stephen Preston at Harvard Law School
CIA General Counsel Stephen is giving the following remarks today at Harvard Law School: Remarks of The Honorable Stephen W. Preston General Counsel Central Intelligence Agency Harvard Law School Cambri... -
Readings: Three Books on Covert Action
The rise of new technologies such as drones, enabling more discrete surveillance and uses of force, is one factor prompting new interest in covert action (used in a colloquial sense). -
Upcoming Events Calendar Now Live
I'm pleased to announce that we have now added an Upcoming Events Calendar to Lawfare. In recent months, a great many organizations, individuals, and groups have asked us to post announcements on the blo... -
20th Annual National Security Law Institute at the University of Virginia
Every spring I am eager to endorse the National Security Law Institute, which this year will convene for the 20th straight year under the auspices of John Norton Moore and Bob Turner’s Center for Nationa... -
Drones Event at Brookings [Updated]
Brookings hosted an -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
As we noted yesterday, charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohmammed and his alleged co-conspirators have been referred in a military commission. This follows the new charges and additional victims we noticed ... -
Welcome to Lawfare's New Look
Bobby and Jack and I started Lawfare a year and a half ago on a lark. We imagined it as a forum for incidental writing that did not quite rise to the level of an oped. None of us imagined the role Lawfar... -
Mark Martins Address at Harvard Law School
The chief prosecutor for military commission, Brig. General Mark Martins, is at this hour delivering the following address at the Harvard Law School--the latest in a series of speeches he has given on th...
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