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New Reports on Drone Strike Casualties in Pakistan and Yemen
Two human rights groups released reports today on civilian casualties from selected drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. Amnesty International's "Will I Be Next?" US Drone Strikes in Pakistan investigate... -
10/22 Motions Session #3: On the CAT, Part Two
And … we’re back. Ever briskly, court and counsel discuss a recently reached factual stipulation regarding expected testimony from CDR Jennifer Strazza, whom the defense had sought in connection with se... -
10/22 Session #2: On the CAT, Part One
We thus turn from legal bins to docketed items, and in particular, to AE200: that’s a defense motion to toss out the charge sheet, in light of alleged inconsistencies between a protective order meant to ... -
10/22 Motions Session #1: If You Would Please Stop Searching Our Legal Bins, Thanks
The beginnings of a Maryland autumn can be discerned outside Fort Meade’s Smallwood Hall. Inside, the by-now familiar CCTV screen comes to life and displays an empty judicial bench, the Joint Task Force... -
Oral Argument Preview: Al Janko v. Gates
Tuesday morning, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in Al Janko v. Gates, an appeal of a damages action brought by a former Guantanamo detainee against various government of... -
How Does the UN Define “Direct Participation in Hostilities”?
One theme of Ben Emmerson’s interim report on remotely piloted aircraft and targeted killings is that governments must be more transparent with regard to any civilian deaths they cause. It’s easy to fin... -
We Robot 2014 - Call for Presentation Proposals (Including on National Security Topics)
For reasons that won’t surprise anyone, Lawfare deals a lot with automation and robotic technologies, ranging from cyber to big data to military robotics. So readers might be interested to learn of next... -
Response Brief in Counsel Access Case, Hatim v. Obama
Guantanamo detainees have filed their response brief in the D.C. Circuit appeal of Hatim v. Obama, the "counsel access" case. -
Oral Argument Recap: Aamer v. Obama
Here’s a read-out from today’s oral argument in Aamer v. -
Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban (Still) Won't Work and How the Laws of War Can
Over at TNR's Security States, Matt and I have a new piece about international calls to ban autonomous weapon systems. It begins like this: What if armed drones were not just piloted remotely by humans ... -
Interim Report by UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson on Drones in Counterterrorism Operations
You can find the interim report---the final won't be submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council until 2014, apparently---here. There's a good bit to pore over in the paper authored by Emmerson, with who... -
Oral Argument Preview: Aamer v. Obama
Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., D.C. Circuit Judges David S. Tatel and Thomas B. Griffith, and Senior Judge Stephen F. Williams will hear oral arguments in Aamer v.
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