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Senator Corker on AUMF Reform
Senator Corker has an op-ed in the WP on the need to update the AUMF. He documents the growth of extra-AUMF terrorist threats and then argues: These incidents seem to suggest that the September 2001 Au... -
Raha Wala Responds on AUMF Debate
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with some reactions to my posts last week on the AUMF hearings, to which I respond briefly at the end. Jack’s posts on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SF... -
Is JSOC About to Become More Transparent on Drone Strikes?
One frequently sees the claim that CIA drone operations should be handed over to the military because the military is more transparent. I have frequently disparaged that argument, not because the CIA is ... -
Agreeing with Harold Koh on the Need For and Contours of a New AUMF
I find myself mostly agreeing with the essentials of Harold Koh’s testimony and post on "ending" the Forever War, especially his proposal for a new and narrowed AUMF. I hope this doesn’t cause my old te... -
DDC Declines to Reissue TRO in Dhiab Hunger Strike Case, Blasts DoD "Intransigence"
Earlier in the week, I wondered aloud about the future of a temporary restraining order, entered by Judge Gladys Kessler and temporarily banning the force feeding of Guantanamo detainee Abu Wa'el Dhiab. ... -
Article II in the Spotlight at Wednesday's AUMF Hearing before SFRC
Wednesday’s AUMF hearing underscored a point that I develop at some length in my paper Postwar: repeal of the AUMF would not require, as a legal matter, that the government forgo the use of lethal force ... -
More on the Administration's AUMF Strategy
A friend who is familiar with Obama administration thinking responds to my post on yesterday’s AUMF hearing: The administration’s focus is not on ending the war, but on ensuring that future presidents do... -
Reactions to Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the AUMF
There is much to say about today’s hearing on the AUMF, and I am sure my colleagues will weigh in with much more. But I have two quick reactions for now. First, I suggest reading two recent Eli Lake ar... -
Read Out on Today's GTMO Hunger Strike Hearing
Last week, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler entered a temporary restraining order in a habeas case filed by Guantanamo detainee Jihad Dhiab. Among other things, and most interestingly, her ruling tempo... -
Live: Senate Hearing on the AUMF
As Bobby noted earlier, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding a hearing entitled: "Authorization For Use Of Military Force After Iraq And Afghanistan." -
Questions that Should Be Asked at Today's Senate AUMF Hearing
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has a hearing this morning concerning the future of the AUMF, featuring DOD General Counsel Stephen Preston, State Department Principle Deputy Legal Adviser Mary Ma... -
DDC to GTMO: No Force Feeding Detainee Until Hearing
That's perhaps the most eye-catching feature of this just-issued preservation order from U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler. It reads, in pertinent part: On April 18, 2014, Petitioner Mohammed Abu Wa’el...
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