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A Major Address on the Law of Targeted Killing? AG Holder to Speak at Northwestern Law on Monday Afternoon
In late January, Daniel Klaidman reported that the administration was inclined to have Attorney General Holder give a major speech specifying additional details regarding the legal framework governing th... -
CIA, Drones and Proxy Forces, and the Exit from Afghanistan
In a conversation several years ago about what was then simply a hypothesized US military exit from Afghanistan, a friend told me, think of the CIA as the French Foreign Legion. My friend meant by that ... -
Yawn: Drone Strike Kills Four in Somalia
In her news roundup for last Friday, Ritika briefly mentioned that a drone strike had killed four al-Shabab militants in Somalia. The New York Times had also cursorily mentioned the strike in this shor... -
Video of Jeh Johnson's Speech at Yale Law School
I just noticed this video of Jeh Johnson's speech at Yale Law School, the text of which I have already posted: -
White House Shoots Down NSA Efforts to Protect Private Domestic Networks
Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post reports that the White House thwarted NSA attempts to seek legislation that “would have required hundreds of companies that provide such critical services as electr... -
Jeh Johnson Speech at Yale Law School
Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson is giving a speech today at the Yale Law School. The prepared text is as follows: Dean’s Lecture at Yale Law School “National security... -
Drone Warfare Getting Out of Hand
Here is your moment of Not-Zen for the day (with thanks to my student Daniel). (With apologies to the senior editors of Lawfare for momentarily lowering the tone.) -
Full Research Details on Highly Contagious Avian Influenza To Be Released
The New York Times is reporting that a group of flu and public health experts at a WHO-convened meeting in Geneva have decided that the full research details will be released regarding the highly contagi... -
Peter Singer Is Not Peter Singer
I hope it is not snarkish to hope that by the time I hit "publish" on this post, the director of the National Constitution Center's "Peter Jennings Project," Todd Brewster, will have corrected his articl... -
Checks and Balances Working Well
In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, seventy percent of respondents (including a majority of self-identified liberal Democrats) said they approve of keeping open the Guantanamo Bay detention facili... -
Information Sharing and the Cybersecurity Act of 2012
Well, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is now available for Senate consideration. A link to the text of the bill can be found here for download. Hearings will be held this Thursday. Weighing in at 205 pa... -
Senate Committee Hearing on Cybersecurity Bill Thursday
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has scheduled a hearing on the "Cybersecurity Act of 2012" for Thursday, February 16 at 2:30PM. It will be webcast live here. Those testif...
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