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Eye in the Sky -- A Movie Review
Run -- don't walk, run -- to your nearest movie theater and see Eye in the Sky. This new release is playing as an "artistic movie" with limited publicity and I do not know how long it will be in theater... -
HFAC Hearing on the Administration's Plan to Close Guantanamo
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is hearing testimony this morning on the Administration's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. Department of State Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure... -
(Un)Dignified Killer Robots? The Problem with the Human Dignity Argument
Editor's Note: Autonomous weapons systems are often vilified as “killer robots” that will slay thousands without compunction – arguments that the systems’ proponents often dismiss with a wave of their ha... -
Do the Strikes on al Shabaab Stretch the AUMF or The Unit Self-defense Doctrine?
Charlie Savage’s piece on the legal basis for the March 5 U.S. strike against an al Shabaab training camp, which allegedly killed 150 fighters, raises the intriguing question of whether the AUMF has been... -
International Cyber Norms
The cyber domain covers the entire globe. Given its breadth the challenge in finding universal norms of behavior is great -- it requires cross-cultural and cross-geographic agreement amongst people with... -
ISIS Detainee Transferred from U.S. to Iraqi Custody
A quick update on a story we've been tracking this week, involving the second publicly-known instance of U.S.-administered military detention of an ISIS member. As noted here, a raid conducted by the Ex... -
Update on U.S. Detention Ops in Erbil
It appears that Iraqi officials have leaked the identity of the ISIS leader recently captured in a raid conducted in Iraq by the Expeditionary Targeting Force (that's the label the Pentagon has used in d... -
Boots on the Ground in Somalia: Acting "By, With, and Through" a Local Partner to Minimize Friction
These days, when the United States plays the lead role in using lethal force or detaining and interrogating prisoners, the force typically involves only airpower and detention-and-interrogation typically... -
New GTMO Recidivism Report: Number of Former Detainees Suspected of Reengaging Doubles
Yesterday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its bi-annual report on the "Reengagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." According to the report, the number ... -
Airstrikes Outside Areas of Active Hostilities: Attacks in Somalia and Questions About the Current Shape of the Policy
Just this morning, I was thinking that things have been rather quiet with respect to media coverage of U.S. operations against AQ and AQ affiliates in places like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Well... -
U.S. Military Detention in Iraq: Just How Many ISIS Detainees So Far?
Just how many ISIS detainees have been in U.S. military custody over the past year? As I noted earlier this week, the first publicly-known instance arose last summer with the capture and detention of Um... -
2/24 Session: The “Bird Noises and Vibrations” Edition
Judge Pohl begins with the usual business. We are now going on day four with no Bin ‘Attash. As for changes to the legal staff, James Connell, counsel for al-Baluchi, notes the absence of their linguist ...
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