The Washington Post reports tonight that the White House is actively considering whether to go to Congress to seek an explicit authorization to use force against ISIL.

Mention of politics, war powers, and legislative authorization to use further force in Iraq, reminds me: whatever happened with the War Powers Consultation Act of 2014 (“WPCA”), put forth by Senators Kai...

A few days ago I discussed why President Obama is shying away from seeking congressional authorization to use force against The Islamic State (IS, or ISIS, or ISIL).  But as the aims and scope of U.S. mi...

Here's a lengthy interview with Edward Snowden by James Bamford in Wired. There's very little new in it---though some new details are in there about programs and activities that shocked Snowden while he ...

The WSJ reports that the initial success of American airstrikes in Iraq is spurring a push for broader military engagement against the Islamic State (IS, or ISIS, or ISIL) in Iraq.  Our deepening militar...

Over the last nine weeks, President Obama has sent five war powers notices to Congress in what may be the most concentrated period of Presidential war powers reporting in history.  These notices include ...

On July 14, the en banc D.C. Circuit ruled in al Bahlul v. United States that "plain error" review applied to Bahlul's ex post facto challenge to his military commission convictions for conspiracy, mater...

There is much to pore over in last week’s release by the Director National Intelligence. Responding to FOIA litigation, the DNI’s office posted more than thirty legal filings and related documents bearin...

In a very positive development, Iraqi and Pesh Merga forces are in the midst of what appears thusfar to be a successful joint operation to take back the Mosul Dam from ISIS fighters. But it's not just th...

The National Security Network has released a new report entitled "Ending the Endless War: An Incremental Approach to Repealing the 2001 AUMF." The report suggests a series of measures to cap and eventual...