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LOAC and the Crimea
A disturbing news item: it appears that Russian soldiers have killed at least one Ukrainian soldier at a Ukrainian military base in the Crimea, possibly heralding a violent resolution to the tense armed... -
Drone Strikes in Yemen Accelerating Lately...But What If Anything Does It Signify?
Worth noting: There have been four reported drone strikes in Yemen over the past two weeks. Long War Journal provides the details on the latest one here; LWJ's drone coverage in general is simply invalu... -
Michael Lumpkin (ASD-SO/LIC) on Revisiting the AUMF and Article II as a Backstop
The slow-boil debate regarding the fate of the 2001 AUMF continues. The subject came up on March 11 when Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) Michael Lum... -
Intelligence Squared US Debate: "The President Has Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad"
For the Motion: Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Michael Lewis, Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University School of Law Against the Motion: -
The SSCI Fracas and the CIA’s Duty to Make Criminal Referrals to DOJ
Ken Dilanian has a story on Acting CIA General Counsel Robert Eatinger (whom Caroline Krass, just confirmed, will succeed.) Eatinger is at the center of the fracas between CIA and SCCI because he sent a... -
Ahmed Belbacha Transferred from GTMO to Algeria
So we learn from this statement, released earlier this morning by the Department of Defense: The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Ahmed Belbacha from the detention facility at Guantá... -
Guantanamo's War
In the past decade, the word “Guantanamo” has come to represent far more than the Cuban bay that lent its name to one of America’s oldest military bases more than a century ago; it has joined our 21st ce... -
Director Brennan on al Qaeda's Associated Forces and Jabhat al-Nusrah
In an interview conducted yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations, CIA Director John Brennan had an interesting exchange with Audrey Kurth Cronin on the subject of al Qaeda’s organizational scope. ... -
SSCI v. CIA---Three Key Questions
Senator Feinstein’s remarkable floor statement yesterday has thrown further fuel onto an already volatile mix of intelligence and oversight issues related to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s... -
Text of Senator Feinstein's Remarks This Morning Regarding SSCI and CIA
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Senator Feinstein's Remarks on the CIA-SSCI Document Controversy
Right now, Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Senate Intelligence Committee's Chairman, is speaking out, on the Senate floor, about a well-publicized dispute between the CIA and the SSCI---regarding the latte... -
A Reply to Wittes on the United States and Extraterritoriality
I’m usually a big fan of Ben’s cogent observations on Washington’s folkways. Unfortunately, I can’t be as enthusiastic about Ben’s reply to my earlier post on Harold Koh’s memos regarding extraterritori...
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