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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
With the continuation of the crisis in Iraq, President Obama announced last week that U.S. -
February 2010 OLC Opinion on the Al-Aulaqi Strike and the CIA
Here it is. The seven-page, heavily redacted legal analysis was apparently released earlier today, as a consequence of the FOIA action brought by the New York Times and the ACLU. -
8/14 Session #2: On Severing Al-Hawsawi
With no more conflict motions for today, the Special Review Team swaps out and the normal prosecutors come back. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ukrainian artillery forces have shelled a Russian military convoy moving inside Ukraine this morning, reports Reuters.Yesterday, a series of Russian armored personnel carriers crossed over the border int... -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: 8/14 Session
Working off transripts, Lawfare's Matt Danzer has a rundown of yesterday's pre-trial proceedings in the 9/11 case. We'll post his dispatches in our "Events Coverage" section, while linking to them as th... -
8/14 Session #1: Conflicts, Conflicts Everywhere
After agreeing Wednesday to reconsider the severance of Ramzi Binalshibh from the other four accused in the 9/11 case, Judge Pohl reconvenes the commission on Thursday with a full house—all five accused,... -
Does Maliki Have a Valid Constitutional Argument (and Should We Care)?
Nouri al Maliki seems to have backed down from his efforts to defend with force or threats his role as Prime Minister of Iraq. But he continues to press a second approach: a court challenge to the consti... -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: August 13 Session
A reminder: Lawfare won't be traveling to Fort Meade to take in, almost live and via CCTV broadcast, the rest of this week's pretrial hearing in the 9/11 case. We will thus resort to our backup coverage... -
8/13 Session: Severance, Re-Reconsidered
Army Col. James Pohl starts Wednesday's brief session begins with a summary of where things stand in the case of United States v. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Associated Press reports that at least four children were killed in clashes between Iraqi troops and Sunni militants west of Baghdad today, a day after the U.N. declared the humanitarian crisis in Ir... -
Al-Nashiri Order Dismissing Charges Relating to French Oil Tanker
We flagged news coverage of this important military commissions ruling earlier, when the item in question was not yet available. -
Plaintiffs file response in Klayman v. Obama
Yesterday plaintiffs-appellees filed their response in Klayman v. Obama, the Section 215 metadata collection case up on appeal in the D.C. Circuit.
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