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Second Circuit Releases Redacted OLC Drone Memo
The Second Circuit has just released a redacted version of the OLC Drone Memo--here is the memo; here is the panel's full, revised April 21, 2014 decision with the memo appended at page 67. You'll recal... -
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Cyber Attack on Hong Kong Among Largest Ever. "The online voting platform for the unofficial referendum now underway on Hong Kong’s political future has been subjected to one of the most severe cyberatt... -
How Dumb Is This?
I yield to nobody in my capacity to be surprised by Congress, but sometimes even I get a bit of a shock. I totally get the idea that everyone is angry at the NSA. And, indeed, I've spoken publicly abou... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
This morning, the New York Times cites recent Western officials and experts who have indicated that Iraq's military forces are "combat ineffective" and its leadership is crippled by corruption. In an int... -
Lake and Rogin on Absence of Immunity for U.S. Troops in Iraq
Eli Lake and Josh Rogin have a revealing story entitled Obama Flips on Immunity for U.S. Troops. It begins: President Obama pulled U.S. forces out of Iraq in 2011 because he couldn’t get Iraq’s parliame... -
The Key Amendments to the Defense Appropriations Act
Last week the House of Representatives passed its version of the Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015, H.R. 4870, with a series of amendments with major implications for national security poli... -
Relitigating Guantánamo in the Context of Abu Khattala: A Different View
As I read Ben’s, Jack’s, John’s Steve’s and Wells’s posts, I come away with the impression that there is unanimous agreement at Lawfare that Abu Khattala (a) cannot be sent to Guantánamo for further inte... -
The Week That Will Be
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The Foreign Policy Essay: The Rising Threat of Revolt in Autocracies
Editor’s Note: “People power” has long captured the hearts of Western publics, with images of brave protesters standing up to tyrants renewing our faith in how extraordinary ordinary people can be. Yet e... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #80: CrISIS in Iraq
Brookings Senior Fellows Kenneth Pollack, Suzanne Maloney, and Michael O’Hanlon discussed the evolving security crisis in Iraq on Thursday at a Brookings event entitled "Iraq in Crisis: What Options Does... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The news this week was dominated by the fact that U.S. Special Forces in Libya captured the man who allegedly orchestrated the September 11, 2012 attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi: A... -
Weekend Reading -- the 2014 QHSR
Back in 2006 or so, we had a great idea -- the Department of Homeland Security should do a quadrennial review, just as DOD does. Thus was born the QHSR -- the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. The ...
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