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Hunger-Striker Hassan Files Motion to Intervene in Aamer v. Obama
As promised by petitioners in their filing last week, and in response to the government's letter to the court suggesting that their case is moot: Guantanamo detainee Imad Abdullah Hassan today moved to i... -
Killer Robots and the Laws of War in Monday's Wall Street Journal
Today's Wall Street Journal carries an op-ed piece by Matt and me on the regulation of autonomous weapon systems, "Killer Robots and the Laws of War: Autonomous Weapons Are Coming and Can Save Lives. -
CIA Files Reply Memo in Drone FOIA Case
The CIA's efforts to deny the ACLU's FOIA requests for records about the Agency's involvement in drone-based targeted killings continue apace in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The ... -
The More You Attempt Capture Operations, the Less Feasible They Become
A coda to Bobby's post below asking about the legal views underlying US operations in Somalia over the past three weeks. Three weeks ago, SEALs attempted a capture operation against a target on the coas... -
On the Transfer of Syria's Chemical Weapons
In an excellent Lawfare post last month, Does the U.N.’s Syria Resolution Violate the Chemical Weapons Convention? Faiza Patel asserts that if Syria sent chemical weapons to another country, Syria would... -
Back to Lethal Force in Somalia: What If Anything Does the Drone Strike on Ibrahim Ali Signify?
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Not Moot: Detainees Respond to DOJ Letter in Aamer v. Obama
We noted Sunday that the Justice Department filed a letter in the force-feeding case Aamer v. Obama last week informing the D.C. Circuit that the four detainees are no longer designated hunger-strikers. -
Government Files Response to Tsarnaev's Motion to Vacate Special Administrative Measures
Last Monday, the government filed its response to accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's motion to vacate the special administrative measures (SAMs) imposed on him and his attorneys. -
Gabor Rona of Human Rights First Responds...
...to my revised meta-study of drone strike casualties. Ritika Singh's updated meta-study of drone strike casualties reaches exactly the right conclusion: the more we hear from non-government sources, t... -
No Longer Hunger-Strikers: DOJ Files Letter in Aamer v. Obama
On Thursday the Justice Department filed a letter notifying the D.C. Circuit that none of the four Guantanamo detainees protesting government force-feeding in Aamer v. Obama are any longer designated hun... -
Human Rights Watch Responds
Not to be outdone by Amnesty International, which responded earlier to my post on reports by Amenesty and Human Rights Watch, Letta Taylor of Human Rights Watch writes in with the following response as w... -
A Meta-Study of Drone Strike Casualties: Version 2.0
I've been thinking about the recent Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reports in the context of my Meta-Study of Drone Strike Casualties from this summer, in which I examined the different met...
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