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Rolling Stone Doesn't Like Lawfare's Day on the Hill
Over at Rolling Stone, John Knefel pans the House Judiciary Committee hearing today for being too Lawfare-heavy: The House Judiciary Committee held a full member hearing today on when it is acceptable fo... -
In Defense of the Administration on Targeted Killing of Americans
In writing my testimony for today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on drones and targeted killing of U.S. citizens overseas, I found myself writing a more complete explication of the essential legal r... -
House Judiciary Committee Written Statements for Tomorrow’s Hearing
The House Committee on the Judiciary has released the written statements of its four witnesses for tomorrow’s hearing on "Drones and the War on Terror: When Can the U.S. Targeted Alleged American Terrori... -
Goodman Responds to Corn, Blank, Jenks, and Jensen on Capture-Instead-of-Kill
The following is a guest post from Ryan Goodman, continuing a conversation begun yesterday in this post from Geoff Corn, Laurie Blank, Chris Jenks, and Eric Jensen. What the Critics of the “Lesser Evil”... -
A Statutory Framework for Next-Generation Threats
Several years ago, in a prescient op-ed in the Washington Post, our colleague John Bellinger argued that the September 2001 AUMF was an increasingly poor fit for the evolving threats facing the United St... -
Corn, Blank, Jenks, and Jensen Respond to Goodman on Capture-Instead-of-Kill
The following is a guest-post from Geoff Corn, Laurie Blank, Christopher Jenks, and Eric Talbot Jensen, responding to Ryan Goodman's recent Slate article (building on his new European Journal of Internat... -
Poland to Drop CIA Black Site Prosecution?
I have posted previously about a criminal investigation in Poland targeting the former head of Poland's intelligence service, based on his alleged cooperation in establishing a CIA black site on Polish t... -
From the FJC: Ex Parte Merryman Document Resources
With Abraham Lincoln back in the news, the Federal Judicial Center has posted a series of neat documents about the suspension of habeas corpus and the Ex Parte Merryman case. Here's a brief history of th... -
Barred in DC But You Can Buy them in Secure International Airports
According to the FAA, you can't fly the Parrot AR Drone 2.0 in the D.C. Flight Restricted Zone. -
Of Course President Obama Has Authority, Under Some Circumstances, to Order Lethal Force Against a U.S. Citizen on U.S. Soil (and a Free Draft Response to Senator Paul for John Brennan)
I noted last week than in his answer to the question whether the Obama administration could “carry out drone strikes inside the United States,” John Brennan gave this non-response: “This Administration h... -
Witness List for Feb. 27 House Judiciary Hearing on "Drones and the War On Terror"
The House Judiciary Committee has released the witness list for its coming, February 27 hearing on "Drones and the War On Terror: When Can the U.S. Target Alleged American Terrorists Overseas?" Careful L... -
Need to Dodge a Drone? Here are 22 Al Qaeda Tips
Yesterday, the AP released an English translation of what appears to be a 2011 Al Qaeda tip sheet. (AP journalists evidently found the document in Timbuktu.) Its author, AQAP senior commander Abdullah ...
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