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The New York Times has the story here about this new Human Rights Watch report concerning the handling of Libyan detainees transferred to Libyan custody after 2004. I haven't read the report yet--by Laur...
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The New York Times has this piece about continuing U.S.
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In a series of posts (here, here, and here) fellow Lawfare blogger John Bellinger has written about the difficulties with the STOCK Act -- what the Washington Post calls a "Laughing Stock." Readers will...
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This from Secretary Clinton in China:
I also raised the growing threat of cyber attacks that are occurring on an increasing basis. Both the United States and China are victims of cyber attacks. Intellect...
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It’s now public—as required by the 2012 Intelligence Authorization Act.
Here’s the chart:
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Remember Suleiman v. Obama? That's the habeas case in which the petitioner had claimed, among other things, that he could not be detained because he was merely a Taliban functionary who never took up ar...
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It's official: the Pentagon said yesterday that Matt Bissonnette's book did reveal "sensitive and classified" information, and Rear Adm.
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Yesterday the D.C. Circuit issued its decision in United States v.
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The D.C.
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Cambridge University Press has made this cache of terrorism articles from its international relations journals available for free--until October 6. Check 'em out.
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This event, which I just added to the Lawfare Events Calendar, looks interesting:
The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law
and the
National Security Law Society
Cordially invite you to a b...
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Shane Harris at Washingtonian has this review of ex-Navy SEAL Matt Bissonette's book on the Osama bin Laden raid. It begins: “Let me be clear, I do not consider this to be my story,” writes retired N...
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Lots of coverage of the drone-tracking app that Apple blocked on its App Store.
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Last fall, a panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a sweeping decision in the long-running Alien Tort Statute suit against Rio Tinto rejecting Rio Tinto’s defenses on nearly every issue and prompting dissent...
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Those who recall my earlier, premature, sharing of the Tallin Manual will be pleased to learn that an authorized version is now available online and I am happy to provide this link to it with the permiss...
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The Lawfare Drone Smackdown has grown, preparations have continued at a feverish pace, and with growth and practical experience, we have found that our LOAC of drone combat has become impractical and nee...
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So in the cyber domain we often talk about the need for a “Public-Private-Partnership” or a PPP to share information about cyber threats and vulnerabilities. These PPPs are sometimes criticized as ine...
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Yes, Lawfare is two years old today.
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Earlier this week, Judge Rosemary Collyer rejected a proposed modification to protective orders entered in Mohammed al Qahtani's habeas case. Al Qahtani's lawyers had asked the judge to change the order...
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Ben earlier noted an order, in which Judge John Bates instructed petitioners in Al Maqleh v. Obama to file, by no later than today, a "short summary, not to exceed two pages," of any newly discovered fac...