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David Cole on the Al Aulaqi Killing
David Cole has this very thoughtful essay on the Anwar Al Aulaqi killing in the New York Review of Books--a very thoughtful essay with a rather loaded opening. Cole's first sentence asks, "When can the p... -
My Reponse to "Norwegian Shooter"
Mark Erickson, who blogs under the most-unfortunate handle Norwegian Shooter, recently published some correspondence with me concerning his claim that the reported OLC memo reflects Lord Acton-style corr... -
The Pandora's Box Critique of Drones, and Other Concerns
Yesterday Harper’s ran a piece by Daniel Swift on drones, criticizing the extensive but selective leaking of details about the CIA drone program. It’s a fair point, resonating with Ken Anderson’s concer... -
(Drones) Out of Africa
The Washington Post has a story this afternoon in which the Air Force confirms that it is operating armed Reaper drones out of a particular location in Ethiopia. It is an interesting contribution to the... -
Thoughts on Ken Anderson's Post on the CIA Drone Program
Over at Opinio Juris, Lawfare Book Review Editor Ken Anderson raises a series of important questions about the CIA drone program. In that post, Ken very kindly notes the relationship of these questions ... -
Examining the Evidence of a Detention-Drone Strike Tradeoff
Yesterday Jack linked to this piece by Noah Feldman, which among other things advances the argument that the Obama administration has resorted to drone strikes at least in part in order to avoid having t... -
Peter Margulies on Boston University "Long War" Conference
Peter Margulies writes in with an excellent summary of what sounds like a fascinating conference Friday at Boston University: BU’s conf. -
Drones Kill AQAP Members in Yemen, Including Al-Aulaqi's Son
Drone strikes in Southern Yemen killed nine members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Friday, including Ibrahim al-Bana, the terrorist organization's media chief, and, according to tribal el... -
Air Force Network Administrators Learned About the Drone Virus from Wired Magazine [Updated]
Jack highlighted a Wired story last week about a computer virus infecting the Air Force's drone fleet, including the virtual "cockpits" at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. -
The New York Times on the Al-Aulaqi Killing
The first thing to say about today's long-belated New York Times editorial on the Al-Aulaqi killing--and the memo justifying it--is that it is not a ridiculous document, and I'm not going to ridicule it.... -
At Last, the Times Speaks!
Better late that never, the New York Times has finally run an editorial on the Al Aulaqi strike. This makes it impossible to accept new entries in the Write the New York Times Al-Aulaqi Editorial Compet... -
Competition Entry #1
Jacob Sternberger, a political science and security studies major at Dickinson College, has the distinction of sending in the first entry in Lawfare's Write the New York Times Al-Aulaqi Editorial Competi...
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