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A New Al Qaeda Prosecution in New York
Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun (aka Spin Ghul) is in custody in Brooklyn, facing an array of federal court charges stemming from alleged al Qaeda activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria betwe... -
Libya(?) and the Case for a New AUMF
While we appreciate Ben's answer to our question (and share his view that we’re reaching the point of the conversation where everything has been said and everyone has said it), we still fail to understan... -
The Capture-or-Kill Debate #11: Goodman Responds to Ohlin
The following guest post is the latest in a series comprising a debate as to whether LOAC requires an attempt to capture rather than a first-resort to lethal force in some circumstances. The debate invo... -
A Question for Ben
Ben writes that it is the “political reality” that “any president is going to feel obliged to maintain counterterrorism on offense,” i.e., counterterrorism through military means, “and Congress—whining, ... -
No More Drones For CIA
That is the title of Dan Klaidman’s important story: Three senior U.S. officials tell The Daily Beast that the White House is poised to sign off on a plan to shift the CIA’s lethal targeting program to t... -
After the AUMF, III: A Surreply to Jack
It’s quickly becoming apparent that we and Jack appear to be talking past each other on the merits of the Chesney/Goldsmith/Waxman/Wittes (CGWW) proposal for a new framework statute for “extra-AUMF threa... -
Deeks on the Geography of Cyber Conflict
Our colleague Ashley Deeks has just published "The Geography of Cyber Conflict: Through a Glass Darkly," as part of the Naval War College's volume of International Law Studies on the geography of war. T... -
After the AUMF, II: Daskal and Vladeck Reply
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Ben Farley on Pakistan, Consent, and Drone Strikes
Over at the D.C. Exile blog, Ben Farley has this thoughtful post on U.N. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson’s recent statement on drone strikes in Pakistan. It concludes: -
Jeh Johnson Speech on "A 'Drone Court': Some Pros and Cons"
Former Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson is, at this hour, giving this speech at Fordham Law School in New York: Keynote address at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School: A “Drone Co... -
After the AUMF: A Response to Chesney, Goldsmith, Waxman, and Wittes
In the very first days after the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush Administration asked Congress for broad statutory authorization to use military force to “deter and pre-empt any future a... -
The White Paper, the Public Authority Defense, and "Five Truths About the Drone War"
Earlier this week---at the Week, naturally enough---Marc Ambinder posted this piece, "Five Truths about the Drone War." Of the five, the second of Ambinder's verities struck me as most noteworthy. I've...
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