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At Best Defense, Tom Ricks takes note of recent comments from Senator Graham relating to clashes between the TJAGs and DOD-OGC during the Bush Administration, and then asks:
Is it time for a military jou...
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A drone attack in southern Yemen has killed 10 al Qaeda suspects, reports the AFP. Greg Miller at the Washington Post reflects on lessons learned as the U.S. moves to build secret drone bases in Yemen an...
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Adding to the flurry of recent Alien Tort Statute appellate decisions, on Monday the Fourth Circuit issued its opinion in Aziz v.
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Those who enjoyed my two recent posts reflecting on Benjamin Franklin's and Robert Jackson's comments on the liberty-security relationship, may enjoy the larger piece of work from which those posts were ...
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Lots of drones news today. The U.S. is building secret drone bases in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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I promised last week to give some thoughts on Judge Henry Kennedy's recent opinion in Hentif as soon as I had a chance to read it. I was busy running some events over the past few days and only just got ...
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I often disagree with Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen, but this column strikes me as right on. Thiessen bewails the lack of serious debate in the Republican primaries on national security issues,...
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In 2002 the Bush administration received a lot of heat for its flexible understanding of the imminence requirement of the self-defense doctrine in international law in connection with modern terrorism. ...
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A divided 11th Circuit panel has issued a lengthy opinion (112 pages in pdf, with the dissent) affirming the conviction of Jose Padilla, Adham Hassoun, and Kifah Jayyousi, and granting the government's ...
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Friday afternoon’s oral argument in Suleiman saw pretty even questioning of counsel for both sides from an interested panel. Judges Merrick Garland, Thomas Griffith and David Tatel pressed Abdulrahman A...
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Charlie Savage at the New York Times reviews the debate in the Obama administration over how to define the limits of the use of lethal force in the war against al Qaeda.
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Britain amended its universal jurisdiction law last week to require private individuals who seek arrest warrants for foreign government officials for human rights offenses to obtain the consent of Britai...
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On September 14, General John R. Allen, who succeeded David Petraeus as the commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, presided over the change of the command of Rule of Law Field Force – Afghanistan from Bri...
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Below Gabor Rona has a sharp response to my earlier post on Charlie Savage’s story on the latest round of Johnson v.
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Video from last night's speech by John O. Brennan is now available. We will be posting a better video as soon as it has been formatted, but this one will do in the meantime.
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The Keynote Address begins with a brief introduction from Jack. He notes that one thing extraordinary about Savage is his ability to extract information from government officials and the clarity with w...
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Prof. David Barron kicks off the last panel discussion of the conference, focusing on the Presidency in the Post-9/11 World. He begins by noting that it is not surprising that a serious national securit...
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The afternoon session of Day 2 of the conference begins with introductory remarks from Gabby Blum, the moderator of the afternoon’s first panel. She asks the panel to discuss the utility of force; what ...
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Session 4 begins with a brief introduction of the panelists from Prof. Dick Fallon, the panel’s moderator. Panelists include Prof. Phil Heymman, Ben Wizner, director of litigation of the ACLU’s Nationa...
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Day 2 of the HLS-Brookings Program on Law and National Security conference begins with Prof. Blum introducing Chibli Mallat, moderator of the first panel of the morning. He says he would like to point ...