Prepared Testimony of Robert Chesney Charles I. Francis Professor in Law Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Director, Strauss Center for International Security & Law The University of Texas at Austin Be...

Prepared Statement of Benjamin Wittes Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution before the House Committee on Armed Services

At 10 am, Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes and Bobby Chesney, along with General Jack Keane, will provide testimony before the House Armed Services Committee today regarding the Obama administration's proposed ...

Last week, the White House convened a summit on countering violent extremism. The summit took place over three days and featured remarks by Obama administration officials, global leaders, law enforcement...

Per our usual practice, Lawfare will be posting digests of the Al Nashiri military commission proceedings---which resume today at noon---throughout the week. First up is the statement by Brig. Gen.

For roughly 60 minutes yesterday morning, a three-judge panel of the First Circuit heard arguments as to whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death penalty trial should be moved out of Boston due to concerns that...

[Cross-posted at Just Security] With congressional hearings on the Obama Administration’s proposed Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for the Islamic State on the horizon, we propose six...

Below you will find a compilation of public statements and reactions to President Obama’s draft ISIL-specific AUMF.  In short: Democrats are concerned there aren't enough limits, and Republicans can’t un...

Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations received an "Update on Detainee Transfers from GTMO." You can read the testimony of the Department of De...

Some follow-ups to my earlier post on the administration’s ISIL-specific AUMF: Marty Lederman has a good analysis of the substance of the draft AUMF that is consonant with my analysis.  Marty charitably...