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Obama Declares Intent to Seek an ISIS AUMF...Will the 2001 AUMF Be Amended Along the Way?
It...is...on. At a press briefing today, President Obama declared three legislative priorities for the lame-duck Congress in the weeks ahead. One is to get an AUMF for ISIS: Second, I'm going to begin en... -
So What Does the New Republican Majority Mean for National Security Issues In Congress?
The result is no surprise: Republicans now control both houses of Congress---or, at least, they will come January. I'll leave it to others to dissect how we should understand last night's electoral resul... -
This Week's Hearing in <em>Al-Nashiri</em>
A little programming note here, y'all: today marks the first of a two-day, pre-trial hearing in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri. But Lawfare unfortunately won't be in the hou... -
Chief Prosecutor Statement on This Week's Hearing in <em>Al-Nashiri</em>
Brig. Gen. Mark Martins' remarks on the two-day pre-trial session, which commences today, can be found here. (Note that the hearing will proceed, despite the pendency of the United States' appeal of the... -
Detainee Transferred from Afghanistan to US for Trial: A Model for GTMO Closure?
A very interesting development today with respect to the ongoing effort to complete the shut-down of US-administered military detention in Afghanistan: As you may recall, we have long since ceased holdi... -
End of Forever War Watch, Election Day Edition
The wise Walter Pincus had a good piece yesterday in the WP that makes two points: (1) the United States’ fight “against the so-called Islamic State has just begun and will last for years,” and (2) “Iraq... -
The Forest and the Trees: Syrian Reactions to Foreign Actions Against ISIS
The Washington Post last week reported that Syria strongly denounced the decision by Turkey to allow ten Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross the border from Turkey into the Syrian town of Kobane. -
D.C. Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Hatim v. Obama, Counsel-Access Case
The D.C. Circuit has just issued a per curiam order denying the detainees' petition for an en banc rehearing in Hatim v. Obama. -
"Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat," by Jeffrey D. Simon
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Susan Rice Did Not Consult DOD When She Urged Repeal of 2002 AUMF That DOD (Correctly) Thought Was "Still Needed"
Michael Hirsh has a piece at Politico on the disorganized, uncoordinated crafting and implementation of the administration’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State. Of particular interest to Lawfare reade... -
A Bit More On the Debate About the Extraterritorial Scope of the Torture Convention’s Provisions on Cruelty
In his piece on Nobel Peace Prize Laureates pressuring the President to disclose information about torture, Charlie Savage explains why some officials in the administration oppose the broad extraterritor... -
The Convention Against Torture: Extraterritorial Application and Application to Military Operations
Belatedly, I want to join the discussion about the extraterritorial application of the Convention Against Torture (CAT), about which Jack commented on Friday, drawing on an article by Charlie Savage earl...
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