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Holder on “Something That Gives Us Really Extreme, Extreme Concern”
President Obama, in his NDU speech last year, stated: “[T]his war, like all wars, must end. That’s what history advises. That’s what our democracy demands.” Attorney General Holder, in a conversation ... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Your Enemy Has a Name—How the “Al Qaeda” Label is Leading U.S Policy Astray
Editor's Note: The United States has been at war since 9/11, but the nature of the enemy remains unclear. Some would say the war is against terrorists of all stripes, while others focus more narrowly on ... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #83: Bruce Riedel on the Lessons From Afghanistan
As the election crisis in Afghanistan comes to a head, all eyes---or some of them, anyway---are once again on the future of Afghan democracy. But the United States's history in the region extends back mu... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Two articles based on the cache of documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden were published this week. On Sunday, Barton Gellman, Julie Tate, and Ashkan Soltani of the Washington Post reve... -
New FOIA Bill
I'm hearing that the Senate Judiciary Committee is getting ready to consider S.2520, which contains a series of amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. I haven't studied the bill yet, but it appear... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We begin with Israel. The Associated Press reports that its military has “dramatically escalated its aerial assault targeting hundreds of Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip.” Per Al Jazeera, the death toll no... -
A New Judge In Al-Nashiri's Military Commission
According to a detailing memorandum issued yesterday (and this piece in the Miami Herald) the new military judge for Al-Nashiri's military commission will be Air Force Col. Vance Spath. The prior milita... -
Interesting New Habeas Argument in the D.C. Circuit
This case has been kicking around the district court for a while, but has now made it to the D.C. Circuit. Ahmed Adnan Ajam is basically arguing that the executive branch wants to release him and the tra... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians continues. Members of the U.N. Security Council meet today to discuss the ongoing situation. Reuters has details. Yesterday, Hamas began launching newer, m... -
DOJ Releases Three Redacted FISC Telephone Metadata Orders
From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Tumblr site, we learn today that on Tuesday, the Department of Justice released three redacted primary orders of the Foreign Intelligence Survei... -
Civil Liberties Groups Write to White House, Express Concerns Over Intercept Story on NSA & FBI Surveillance
In response to today's Intercept story on NSA and FBI surveillance of Muslim Americans, a large coalition of civil liberties and human rights groups have written to the White House---and, among other thi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In the Intercept today, Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussein published a long-awaited piece on the surveillance of Muslim Americans by the NSA and FBI. In response, the Department of Justice and the Offic...
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