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Important New Oversight Legislation for Military Kill/Capture Outside Afghanistan
Big news out of the House Armed Services Committee: Representative Mac Thornberry (a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, I proudly note) is going to introduce a bill enhancing oversight of... -
Harold Koh Identifies a Big Difference Between the Bush and Obama Administrations
From Harold Koh's speech to the Oxford Union yesterday: A third critical difference between this Administration and its predecessor is the Obama Administration’s determination not to address Al Qaeda and... -
Look Who Has Discovered Inherent Presidential Powers
Hmmmm. From Harold Koh's speech to the Oxford Union: Congressional transfer restrictions with respect to Guantanamo detainees "must be construed in light of the President’s authority as commander-in chi... -
Bradley & Goldsmith Supplement for Foreign Relations Law
Curtis Bradley and I have a casebook on foreign relations law that includes a heavy dose of national security law (including chapters on covert action and targeted killing) that might be of interest to L... -
A Quick Guide to the Lawfare Debate Over a New AUMF
As Andrew Rosenthal noted in yesterday's New York Times, things seem to be heating up in Congress with respect to whether--and to what extent--the September 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (... -
Harold Koh's Speech at the Oxford Union
Earlier today, former State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh gave a talk at the Oxford Union, entitled "How to End the Forever War?" His remarks begin as follows: Thank you, Mr. President and Members... -
Chief Judge Lamberth, Counsel Access, and the Guantánamo Mail
We've written a fair amount already about Chief Judge Lamberth's September 2012 decision regarding the Guantánamo detainees' continuing right of access to counsel (not to mention his March 2013 decision ... -
DoD Says Earth is Round ....
OK ... it isn't that bad. But it does say something when it is noteworthy that DoD has now officially acknowledged that the Chinese military are a source of cyber intrusions in the United States. The fu... -
Memo to the Slate Political Gabfest: What Cleared for Transfer Does---and Does Not---Mean
I have been fretting for the last few weeks about the amount of misinformation that has been floating around the press coverage---and particularly the commentary---of the Guantanamo hunger strikes. But I... -
Autonomous Weapons Systems: Recent Events and a Response
In recent weeks, a coalition of NGOs launched a global campaign to ban "killer robots," or fully autonomous weapon systems (see reporting here). Its statement calls "for urgent action to preemptively ba... -
Loopcast Interview on Drones
This morning, a gentleman named Sina Kashefipour, who tweets on national security-related matters under the improbable moniker @rejectionking, came by my office to interview me for a podcast he runs on n... -
Obaydullah on the Hunger Strike
In March, Obaydullah, a Guantanamo detainee, signed this declaration.
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