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Earlier this week---at the Week, naturally enough---Marc Ambinder posted this piece, "Five Truths about the Drone War." Of the five, the second of Ambinder's verities struck me as most noteworthy. I've...
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This strikes me as a big deal. U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Counterterrorism Ben Emmerson has returned from Pakistan and issued a lengthy statement summarizing his discussions with Pakist...
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What a useful contribution to the debate! From the Washington Post.
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Judge Garland’s persuasive opinion in the ACLU FOIA case is important but narrow, and its significance for intelligence community transparency is entirely unclear.
Recall that the CIA had refused to res...
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Pretty big decision by the D.C. Circuit this morning, reversing the district court's dismissal of the ACLU's drone-related FOIA suit against the CIA on the ground that the Agency's "Glomar response" was ...
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The more I reflect on last week's drone contretemps--and what effect the efforts of Senator Paul and his followers has had / may still have on U.S. policy--the more I have a profound and distressing sens...
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I'm not at all happy that today's news out of upstate New York proves the point that Jack and I (and a cast of dozens) have tried to make about domestic use of lethal force, but it's worth pointing out t...
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. . . by Ryan Calo over at Concurring Opinions:
For many, the word “drone” brings to mind an image of the military-grade Predator. The folks within the DYI Drones movement, however, and most local law en...
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This morning was the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's open hearing on worldwide threats to the United States. Witnesses included DNI James Clapper, newly-minted CIA Director John Brennan, NCTC Dire...
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Raffaella has already beaten me to the punch with her link to Tom Donilon's speech yesterday to the Asia Society. For those who want a short version, here's today's report in the New York Times.
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Earlier today, I posted a thoughtful essay by Benjamin Kleinerman arguing with respect to Eric Holder’s recent testimony on domestic drone strikes that, “as obvious as the targeting of American citizens ...
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Benjamin Kleinerman of Michigan State University, one of the most interesting political theorists to write in the Lawfare-space, sent me the following thoughts on prerogative and killing Americans domest...
