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Anticipating an Increased U.S. Ground Combat Role against ISIL Based on "Self-Defense"
What, precisely, is the role of U.S. ground forces in the conflict with ISIL? In a post earlier this week, I described how the "train and assist" mission permits the presence of U.S. personnel on site w... -
The Al Jazeera Drone Smackdown
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Yesterday at Guantanamo, 10/22 Session: Time to Sign the MOU--Or Is It?
The Guantanamo detainees on trial for orchestrating the September 11th attacks returned to court on Thursday for continued pre-trial proceedings. Wednesday’s hearing was cancelled so that the court’s Ara... -
Drone Registration, Part II
In an earlier post, I advanced the idea that the drone registration process could be used to make actual drone operation safer. In principle, there are two approaches to make drone operation safer. Ap... -
Yesterday at Guantanamo, 10/21 Session: Hearing Canceled as Translators “Can’t Do Two Things at One Time”
Camp Justice was quiet yesterday. Based on the need for translators to complete a last-minute assignment, Judge Pohl cancelled a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the military commission trial... -
A Heroic Operation to Free ISIL Prisoners...and a Reminder that the "Assist" Mission Can Mean U.S. Troops in Ground Combat
In a dramatic predawn raid, dozens of Delta Force operators deployed alongside elite Kurdish troops to raid an ISIL compound in Iraq in hopes of freeing prisoners who were under threat of imminent execut... -
10/20 Session: Pro Se Opens Pandora’s Box in Gitmo 9/11 Trial
The five Guantanamo detainees on trial before a military commission for allegedly orchestrating the September 11th attacks all returned to court Tuesday morning, as pre-trial proceedings in their case co... -
10/19 Session: Yesterday at Guantanamo: Once Again, Questions Abound While Answers Elude
The five detainees accused of orchestrating the September 11th attacks, including the plot’s alleged mastermind, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, were all present at yesterday’s proceedings in their ongoing milit... -
This Week's Hearing in the 9/11 Case
For the first time since February, proceedings in military commissions case United States v. Mohammad et al resumed this morning at Guantanamo Bay. -
The Forever War Is Entrenched
Many commentators noted last week that President Obama’s decision to keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through 2016 (with the hope of reducing that number to 5,500), combined with the rising number of tro... -
What The Intercept Found in “The Drone Papers”—And What I Found In Them
The Intercept yesterday released its latest scoop: a cache of leaked documents on the U.S. drone program, presented as a series of blockbuster stories. -
Drones, Their Critics, and Obama's War Powers Legacy
Few things have been more emblematic of the military and, indeed, political aspects of the Obama War Powers legacy than drones. As many have noted, the use of this weapons system has vastly increased du...
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