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Marc Thiessen Asks. I Answer
Over at the AEIdeas blog, Marc Thiessen asks derisively: “Why is the ACLU suiting Panetta, Petraus over Awlaki Killing—But Not President Obama?” He writes: if it’s accountability they want, then why isn... -
Aulaqi-Khan Lawsuit: The More You Litigate, the More You Legitimate
In Power and Constraint, I argued (in a chapter summarized here) that the Center for Constitutional Rights litigation strategy for GTMO garnered crucial judicial support for GTMO detentions that in the e... -
The Aulaqi-Khan Suit: Some Initial Thoughts
I have now read through the ACLU-CCR lawsuit on behalf of the Al-Aulaqi and Khan families. Here are my initial thoughts: First, this lawsuit does not suffer from the prohibitive standing problem that pl... -
Reactions to the ACLU Suit: There Is Armed Conflict in Yemen, and the US Is Party to It
As Ben says, there is a lot to talk about with respect to al-Aulaqi v. Panetta, a civil suit filed today by the ACLU and CCR in an attempt to obtain money damages for airstrikes conducted by the United S... -
Breaking News: The ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Al-Aulaqi and Samir Khan Deaths
The ACLU has filed suit over the deaths in drone strikes of three U.S. citizens: Anwar Al-Aulaqi, his 16-year-old son, and AQAP propagandist Samir Khan. The complaint is available here. The ACLU's press ... -
Whole Body Scanners, the Fourth Amendment, and the Administrative Procedures Act
Whole body scanners (also known as Advanced Imaging Technology or AIT) are those new millimeter wave and backscatter scanners that the Department of Homeland Security is deploying in airports around the ... -
Scott Shane on the Moral Case for Drones
An important news analysis piece from Scott Shane of the New York Times. I'm glad Shane took the time to lay this out. Though the point seems very obvious to me, it is decidedly non-obvious to many peopl... -
Tom Junod Responds
Tom Junod wrote in with the following in response to Ben's earlier post: Point taken on the "lecture from the principal" criticism: you either like that or you don't, and you didn't. But I don't think y... -
Tom Junod in Esquire Gives Obama a Moral Dressing Down
I have now had time to read Tom Junod's lengthy essay in Esquire to which Ritika linked the other day. Entitled "The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama," it combines the form of a reported essay with a di... -
Cybersecurity Regulation -- How Significant is the Threat?
Some time ago I began an answer to Jack Goldsmith on why I thought cybersecurity regulation was the wrong answer to our current cyber problems. Other commitments, including paying clients!, got in the w... -
No Remand in ACLU FOIA Appeal
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit (Judges Tatel, Garland and Griffith) has rejected the CIA's motion to remand in ACLU v. -
The Serious Side of Lawfare’s Drone Smackdown
I’m not too surprised by the negative reaction provoked by my post over the weekend about my coming drone duel with Alice Beauheim. It was a cheeky, flip post on a very serious subject—as several people ...
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