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Oxford Union Debate on Drone Warfare
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The D.C. Circuit "Clarifies" Scope of <em>Bahlul</em> En Banc Rehearing
As Raff noted last week, the lawyers for the defendant-appellant in United States v. al-Bahlul--the military commission case in which the D.C. -
Mali, the Way of the Knife, and Working "By, With, and Through" Others
While we are on the subject of Mark Mazzetti’s The Way of the Knife, and for that matter while we are speaking of Mali, check out this Washington Post report on U.S. -
What Happens to Captured Persons in Mali?
What is happening in Mali to people who are captured rather than killed by French, Chadian, or Malian forces? I asked this in February, but so far as I know the question remains unanswered in the public... -
Arming Syrian Rebels: Lethal Assistance and International Law
On the Sunday talk shows, various members of Congress exhorted the United States to increase its assistance to the Syrian rebels, whether by providing them with additional (lethal) equipment, or by estab... -
The President's Guantanamo Comments
I confess myself mystified by President Obama's comments about Guantanamo this morning. Here is what the President said---with the parts I find confusing bolded: QUESTION: Mr. President, as you're probab... -
POTUS on Guantanamo Closure
Earlier this morning, President Obama conducted a news conference. The questions touched on, among other things, the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, and the detainees' ongoing hunge... -
Defending Drones at the Oxford Union
Going to a university campus to defend the use of armed drones is a little like ascending the pulpit in a Southern Baptist church on a Sunday morning to speak on behalf of the Devil. -
Amici Retired Military Officials Seek to Participate in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald Argument
The Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald on June 3. The civil appeal challenges the power of the Military Commissions’ Convening Authority to prosecute Al-Nashiri before a mi... -
Hedges: CA2 Refuses Supplemental Briefing and Argument On Issues Arising From Clapper
So we learn from this order, handed down yesterday, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In a letter filed after the Hedges oral argument, attorneys for the government had cited... -
Obama Drone Strikes Targeting Low Level Insurgents?
Peter Bergen of the New America Foundation, which is the leading compiler of information about US drone strikes, made this interesting comment in his testimony yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Commi... -
Today's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the Targeted Killing Program
As Greg McNeal noted, the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights is holding a hearing this afternoon on the targeted killing program entitled "Drone ...
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