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Nico Martinez, a Lawfare reader and 3L at Stanford Law School, wrote in to flag two pieces he authored this year: the first about Judge William Young's proposal to try KSM and his coconspirators at Guant...
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Some good news from the judiciary: yesterday my former professor, Scott Silliman, was sworn in as a judge on the United States Court of Military Commission Review.
Congratulations, Judge Silliman!
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This afternoon, Judge Alexander Williams of the District Court in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction against implementation of Section 11 of the STOCK Act, which would require publication of the fi...
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An attorney who was deeply involved in the Al Bihani litigation sent me the following note about my post on the Hedges decision:
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To Libya first: the Economist argues that there actually has been progress in Libya toward peaceful, stable governance.
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Like Jack, I was struck by the Defense Science Board’s report on the autonomy of military systems, but it was a different aspect of the report that caught my eye – enough so that I thought it was worth n...
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There are a lot of questions one could ask about yesterday’s order in Hedges, to put it mildly. I’ll limit myself to this one: exactly what is the scope of Judge Forrest’s permanent injunction? (Steve ...
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I don't have a lot to add to Ben's analysis of Judge Forrest's decision yesterday in Hedges v.
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Here are a few upcoming events---which I have added to the Lawfare Events Calendar---but to which I wanted to draw the attention of readers who might be in New York or California.
Conference on Emerging...
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I have now read through Judge Forrest's opinion in Hedges---all 112 pages of it. I have done so only briskly, and I have surely missed things in my haste. But here are some initial thoughts.
The opinion...
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I have spent a lot of time publishing other people's statements on the death of Adnan Latif over the past couple of days and have refrained from expressing my own views---in part because I have been gath...
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I will offer my own thoughts on the death of Adnan Latif later on, but several people have sent me comments on the subject that I am going to post first. Rather than do this in a string posts, I’m going ...
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I haven't read it yet, but here it is.
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A drone has gone missing in Washington. No, not a Predator or a Reaper—and not one of the drones that is gearing up for the Lawfare Drone Smackdown. And no, not @drunkenpredator on his latest binge. It’s...
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As everyone knows by now, the American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed in Benghazi in a rocket attack on the consulate there---apparently over a controversial internet video mocki...
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For those of you—and there are surely lots—who have been wondering what the prize for the Lawfare Drone Smackdown will be, Alice Beauheim has designed the following chalice of victory.
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The legal team for Adnan Latif, the detainee who died at Guantanamo over the weekend, has issued this statement:
STATEMENT OF LAWYERS REPRESENTING ADNAN FARHAN ABDUL LATIF
September 11, 2012
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The Defense Science Board recently issued a new study on The Role of Autonomy in DoD Systems. Spencer Ackerman has a good story summarizing and explaining its conclusions:
The Pentagon’s science adviser...
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At least, that’s what I’m hearing. Yes, this is the same Latif whose case riled the D.C. Circuit and has caused much discussion on this site. This is going to be a big deal. Stay tuned. UPDATE: Here is S...
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The Constitution Project today released a new report titled Recommendations for Fusion Centers: Preserving Privacy & Civil Liberties While Protecting Against Crime & Terrorism. In the wake of the 9/11 a...