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That's the cyber news from Mashable.com. From the site's report---which elsewhere says the attack was intended as retaliation for the prosecution of Aaron Swartz:
The hacktivist group Anonymous hacked ...
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The Guantánamo military commissions yesterday released---after a security review---a pair of important filings by the Office of the Chief Prosecutor (OCP), regarding the ongoing controversy over the cons...
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Here's the word from James Connell III, lawyer for 9/11 accused Ammar al-Baluchi. Note his surmise that the "conspiracy charges issue" may not be up for argument before the military commission until lat...
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What, if anything, do developments in the military commission case of United States v. al-Nashiri portend for Al-Nashiri v.
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Today is another whopper of a news day and something of a Lawfare milestone: the 350th Edition of Today's Headlines and Commentary!
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As expected. You'll find the three judge panel's one-page per curiam order here.
From the order:
Upon consideration of the supplemental briefs filed by the parties and, in particular, the supplemental ...
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I'm not sure what to make of this:
As I've just explained, a UN Special Rapporteur has launched an investigation into the legality of US and Israeli drone strike practices. The Special Rapporteur's sta...
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[Update - I've clarified some points below, at the bottom, in response to reader feedback]
Ben Emmerson QC is a British human rights law specialist who currently serves as the UN Human Rights Council's ...
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Yesterday, the American Security Project (ASP) held a lunch event on drones. The discussion, between ASP's CEO Stephen Cheney, ASP Fellow Joshua Foust, Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights First, and me was a ...
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The New York Times has the story on that, and other Administration staff changes...
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Herb Lin, the chief scientist at the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (which is a component of the National Research Council of the National Academies), has been the study director of many i...
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Our friends over at Secrecy News, which I am adding to the Lawfare News Feed, have released a new Congressional Research Service report entitled, "The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Fram...
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The second installment in the Hoover Institution's series of short essays on national security challenges for the Obama administration's second term is now out. It is by . . . me. Entitled, "Governing a ...
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This should pique the interest of our local readers:
Killing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and His Legacy: A Discussion with General Stanley A. McChrystal
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In transition from long-time legislator to senior Executive branch official, and asked to reconcile positions that are impossible to reconcile, Senator Kerry in his confirmation testimony took a nuanced ...
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Let’s begin with the latest and greatest national security threat facing the American homeland: North Korea.
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As Ben noted, I have a short essay on extra-AUMF threats as part of a Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law series. Drawing on Bobby’s important paper on the topic, I briefly explai...
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From the Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS), here is a partially translated document from the Russia’s Defense Ministry that apparently reflects Russia’s strategy for cyberwar. (H/t Herb Lin.) Fr...
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The Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law is releasing a series of short essays entitled "Second Term Challenges at the Intersection of National Security and Law." The task force, of...
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Over the weekend, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ("UNAMA") released its report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan prisons. Needless to say, it's not terribly u...