Yesterday I posted a lengthy response to Gabor Rona’s critique of the Brennan speech, and Gabor has now replied to my comments.  Alas, we seem to be speaking past one another in various ways (for example...

The Washington Post's Greg Sargent poses an interesting question:  If elected, does Mitt Romney intend to revoke President Obama's January 22, 2009 executive order on interrogation? The order largely re...

Over at Opinio Juris, Gabor Rona of Human Rights First offers an extended critique of John Brennan’s speech on the use of lethal force.  It is an interesting and provocative post, leading me to share a f...

In connection with my post this morning on the Brennan speech and the ACLU FOIA litigation, Jameel Jaffer – who heads up the ACLU’s National Security Project – had this op-ed on the FOIA litigation (with...

Very glad to have joined the Lawfare team.  I look forward to more sustained blogging once the spring grading season is over.  For now, I'll offer just a quick thought on the speech John Brennan delivere...

John Brennan's speech yesterday was important for at least three reasons: (1) it marked the first official White House acknowledgment that “the United States Government conducts targeted strikes against ...

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Last October, I wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post entitled “Will Drone Strikes Become Obama’s Guantanamo?” in which I said that “the administration needs to work harder to explain and defend its use ...

I had not seen this statement from Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin when I posted the video of Jose Rodriguez's interview.

Not a lot new in here, but it's interesting to hear it all from the perspective of Jose Rodriguez, the former head of the CIA Clandestine Service and the man who supervised the agency's interrogation pro...

I’m very excited to join the Lawfare team. As a first post, I’d draw readers’ attention to Jack’s Washington Post op-ed, in which he discusses how candidate Romney might to try to differentiate himself f...

Defense counsel for the five alleged 9/11 co-conspirators  have filed several motions challenging the closed-door nature of some military commission proceedings. Although the filings haven't been releas...