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Transatlantic Dialogue on Int'l Law and Armed Conflict: Sarah Cleveland on Harmonizing Standards
The newest installment in the Transatlantic Dialogue series (see here) has gone live at EJIL:Talk!. It is from Sarah Cleveland, and it explains the Project on Harmonizing Standards for Armed Conflict. A ... -
World War II-Era Herbert Weschler Memo on Conspiracy as War Crime
This is a pretty interesting document: A 1944 memo from Herbert Weschler, then assistant attorney general, outlining the U.S. government's developing view of conspiracy as a war crime. -
More on Iraq's Implications for the Continuing Relevance of the 2001 AUMF
Yesterday I posed the question whether the 2001 AUMF has any continuing significance, legally-speaking, for counterterrorism activities (especially drone strikes) in Pakistan, Yemen, etc., given that the... -
Regulating Foreign Surveillance Through International Law
This Friday, the U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a session to discuss the right to privacy in the digital age. The Council is considering these issues in the wake of a General Assembly Resolution ado... -
Get Yer Guantanamo Recidivism Report Here!
The latest DNI Guantanamo recidivism report is available here. The last such report is here. As you'll see, not a a lot of change. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Washington Post reports that the Islamic State has anti-tank weapons that have been seized from Syrian rebels. The news comes from a report by Conflict Armament Research, which concluded that ISIS fi... -
The Week That Will Be
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If We Don't Need an AUMF for Iraq, Why Would Repeal of the 2001 AUMF Matter?
This coming Wednesday evening, President Obama will address the country on the topic of Iraq and the Islamic State, describing his strategy and making the case to the public to support an approach that n... -
More on CIA Drone Strikes, Covert Action, TMA, and the Fifth Function
Yesterday Kevin Heller and I exchanged views on the possible sources of domestic authorization for the CIA to conduct drone strikes. -
Consequence, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Fourth Amendment's 'No-Win' Scenario
And, since I'm catching up on my blogging this morning, let me also recommend this paper by Scott Glick from the National Security Division of DOJ. Very much relevant to the ongoing meta-data debate an... -
Exploding Gas Tanks: Risk, Liability and Internet of Things
Well, summer is over now and it's time to get back to the real world. For starters, I had a chance to participate in a podcast for The Security Ledger on the topic of the vulnerability of the Internet o... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: The Price of “Novorossiya”
Editor’s Note: Pundits in the United States and Europe worry that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heralds the rebirth of an aggressive and dangerous adversary. Yet while Russia’s so-far successful military ...
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