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8/11 Session #1: Severance, Reconsidered
The military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, takes the bench. Only one accused is present: Ramzi Binalshibh, whose case the court recently separated out from that against the other four accused in the 9/11... -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: August 11 Session
Today your correspondent will observe, via CCTV, pre-trial proceedings in the case of United States v. Ramzi Binalshibh. That's the prosecution against only one of the five men accused of plotting the 9... -
Chief Prosecutor Statement on This Week's Hearing in the 9/11 Case
You can find the whole thing here, and the opening paragraphs below. And that's a good a reminder as any, that today Lawfare returns to Fort Meade, for almost-live-blog coverage of pre-trial proceedings... -
The Week that Will Be
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The Foreign Policy Essay: Afghan Lessons Learned
Editor’s Note: The United States is supporting the Afghan government with troops and other military assistance in the fight against Islamist radicals based in Pakistan. As the United States ponders its p... -
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson Speaking at the ABA Convention
At this hour, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is speaking at the ABA Convention. Here's the text of his speech: -
The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #87: The Future of Somalia
Washington was abuzz this week as more than 50 African leaders were in town for the first U.S.-Africa Summit. Yesterday, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Somalia, spoke at Brookings on the future ... -
The Case for Seeking Congressional Authorization for Iraq Strikes Just Grew Stronger
In his WPR notification yesterday, President Obama stated that military operations in Iraq “will be limited in their scope and duration.” But today, according to the NYT, President Obama “sought to pre... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Yesterday, the U.S. conducted air strikes and aid drops in response to the ongoing crisis in Iraq. Wells informed us on Thursday that President Obama was considering renewed U.S. involvement in Iraq. Cod... -
President Obama’s War Powers Letter to Congress on Iraq
Here is the letter. Two points of note. First, the President makes clear that he is authorizing military force in Iraq “pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as ... -
The Case for Seeking Congressional Authorization for the Iraq Strikes – Made by President Obama
It is pretty clear that President Obama today relied on Article II to attack the Islamist State (IS) in Iraq. I have addressed the legality of such unilateral military action here and here. I have also... -
The Legal Stakes in an Article II Humanitarian Intervention in Iraq
Yesterday I maintained that the Iraq strikes were not legally problematic to the extent that they were justified as self-defense of U.S. persons, but said that “[i]f the Iraq strikes are conceptualized a...
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