The U.S. Department of Defense's Office of the General Counsel has released its long-awaited Law of War Manual. The greatly anticipated tome is the product of a multi-year effort by military and civilian...

I have only flipped through the three-judge panel's 2-1 ruling in this quite important military commissions case. It seems Judges Judith Rogers (who authored today's opinion for the majority) and Davi...

The Harvard National Security Journal’s spring issue, published last week, may be of interest to readers of Lawfare. It has four major articles. Antonia Chayes previews her forthcoming book, Borderles...

On June 5, 2015, in connection with recent motions practice, attorneys for habeas petitioner Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi filed a supplemental memorandum with the U.S. District Court for the District of ...

I’d like to announce the new Journal of Cybersecurity, an interdisciplinary journal encouraging submissions in all aspects of cybersecurity. This new journal will publish original research in the inheren...

I’d like to announce the new Journal of Cybersecurity, an interdisciplinary journal encouraging submissions in all aspects of cybersecurity. This new journal will publish original research in the inheren...

There may still be a few Lawfare readers who are not so disgusted with their legislature—and their legislators—that they are still following the Senate’s ongoing machinations over the USA Freedom Act. Fo...

Today, the People's Republic of China released its first public Chinese Military Strategy white paper. Issued by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense and the State Council Information Office, the pap...

The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice has released a new unclassified report reviewing the FBI's use of Section 215 orders from 2007 through 2009. Specifically, the revie...

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today released a new set of documents recovered during the raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. The release contain...

Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of six Chinese nationals on charges of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets "for their roles in a long-running effort to obtain U.S....

From the Washington Post (via the Associated Press):  TORONTO — A former inmate at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was convicted of killing a U.S.