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This week, Ben welcomed three truly remarkable additions to Lawfare: Orin Kerr, Gabriella Blum, and Ingrid Wuerth.
Public scrutiny of espionage continued as the digital transformation of a once cloak-a...
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OK. It’s a bit self-congratulatory. But still, it was pretty neat. I’m attending the ABA Annual Review of National Security Law. Today’s first panel had on it BG Richard Gross who is the Chief Legal ...
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We at Lawfare aim to please---that is, to provide useful stuff for folks who work on, report on, study, or simply care about tough issues at the intersection of national security and law. That mission h...
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Ike Skelton, defense policy expert and former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has died.
Today is the re-scheduled House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on NSA surveill...
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This week, the uglier side of the U.S. targeted killing program received a few careful reviews: Ritika noted the release of two reports on drone strikes, one by Amnesty International and another by Human...
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With reports released this week critical of US drone strikes and targeted killing from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson, this seems like a good moment to ...
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There are two weeks left to apply for the Lawfare internship for Spring 2014. We are looking for an undergraduate or a recent graduate, and will be accepting applications until November 1, 2013. The deta...
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The world was consumed with the debt ceiling crisis and the shutdown this week, a topic on which Lawfare had only a limited amount to say. Ben stated the obvious: that the government shutdown is a nation...
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This week was pledge drive on Washington's major NPR affiliate: WAMU. If you're like me, NPR pledge week involves a certain disruption in daily schedule. NPR is one of my major news sources. But I tend t...
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Although the Federal Aviation Administration has been tasked by Congress to come up with regulations for the use of drones in domestic airspace, it is running late on that mandate. Even small, light mo...
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Don't forget to register for this year's event, scheduled for October 31-November 1 at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington.
Here are all the details, including the agenda and list of speakers.
23rd Annual Re...
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Ashley Deeks (UVA and Lawfare) has posted a book chapter to SSRN, "Domestic Humanitarian Law: Developing the Law of War in Domestic Courts," which will appear in D. Jinks, J. Maogoto, S. Solomon (eds.), ...
