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Keeping the Adversary’s Secrets Secret
PDF Version. A review of Austin Carson, “Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics” (Princeton University Press, 2018) *** -
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Russia Might Regret the U.S. Drawdown in Syria
Editor’s Note: The Syrian conflict, while hardly over, is diminishing. The Syrian people clearly lost, but who—other than the barbarous Assad regime—won? One candidate is Russia, whose military intervent... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Testifying before a House budget hearing, Attorney General Bill Barr said he expects to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s partially-redacted report in the near future. Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin ... -
Document: Justice Department White Paper on the Cloud Act
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice released a white paper on the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, or Cloud Act, which was enacted in March 2018. The white paper, entitled “Promoting Publi... -
Document: W. Samuel Patten Sentencing Memoranda
W. Samuel Patten's legal team has filed a sentencing memorandum with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking no prison time for their client. Patten pleaded guilty in August... -
Understanding the Houthi Faction in Yemen
Editor’s Note: Yemen’s war, the world’s deadliest active conflict, has no end in sight. Many of its chief protagonists—including the Houthis, whose ties to Iran and hostility to U.S. allies put them at t... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week has seen a flurry of shadow boxing surrounding the impending release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Stephen Bates analyzed the history of the Watergate Road Map’s transmission to C... -
Document: Inspector General Report on FBI Cyber Victim Notifications
The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Justice released a report detailing an audit of the FBI process that notifies victims of cyber intrusion. The audit's findings criticize the bure... -
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The Limits of British Citizenship
Editor’s Note: What to do with captured foreign volunteers for terrorist organizations is one of the toughest issues facing Western governments today. (See my views on a current U.S. case here.) Human ri... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, Mar. 22, Attorney General Bill Barr announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had concluded his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections and potential coordinatio... -
Document: Habeas Petition Challenging Indefinite Detention Under 'Special Circumstances'
The New York Times reports that Adham Amin Hassoun has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his current detention in an immigration facility in Buffalo, New York. Hassoun, a Palestini... -
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Fitna, a Failed Coup and a Squandered Opportunity to Undermine the Islamic State’s ‘Intangible Power’
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State seeks to project an image of strength, and that image has attracted many followers. In the past few years, the above-ground caliphate has collapsed and infighting is grow... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday evening, Attorney General William Barr notified the House and Senate judiciary committees that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had completed his investigation into Russian interference in the 20... -
A Post-Human Rights Era? A Reappraisal and a Response to Critics
The growing challenges both to international human rights law and to the international legal system as a whole count as old news by now. The sources of these threats are many: the rise in populism and na... -
Rational Security: The 'Domestic is Global' Edition
The killing of 50 Muslims by a white supremacist in New Zealand prompts us to reconsider the meaning of domestic terrorism. The Pentagon identifies projects it will cut to pay for President Trump’s borde... -
Document: Judge Clarifies Preliminary Injunction of Transgender Service Ban
On March 19, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia clarified in a filing that the court's nationwide preliminary injuction of President Trump's transgender ... -
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