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Schoenfeld on the Selective Prosecution of Leakers
Gabriel Schoenfeld, author of the indispensable Necessary Secrets, has a new essay in Hoover’s Emerging Threats series entitled “Secrecy, Leaks, and Selective Prosecution.” He offers this description of... -
5/28 Session #1: Getting the SSCI RDI Report---or Not
It’s on---the open part of our proceedings, anyway. Recall that court and counsel began their day already, some time earlier this morning, in a Role 505(h) session that has concluded. The parties there... -
Bits and Bytes
Two interesting items today: Shane Harris has a look inside the FBI's efforts to track the Chinese hackers. Here's the intro: "SolarWorld was fighting a losing battle. The U.S. subsidiary of the German... -
Al-Nashiri Motions Hearing: May 28 Session
Down at Guantanamo, pre-trial proceedings will resume this morning in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri. As always, courtroom discussion will be piped to a closed-circuit viewi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama has outlined his plan for a future American military presence in Afghanistan: he plans to withdraw all but 9,800 troops by the end of the year. Reuters reports that by the end of 2016, th... -
Why Kinsley is Wrong About the Connection Between Democracy and the Publication of National Security Secrets
Michael Kinsley, in his review of Glenn Greenwald’s book, made the following claims about leaks of national security secrets: The question is who decides. -
Incredible Photographs of World War I Battlefields a Century Later
From Smithsonian magazine and Irish landscape photographer, Michael St. Maur Sheil---who has a new exhibition on World War I battlefields a century on. -
Statement from the Chief Prosecutor on This Week's Hearings in Al-Nashiri
The Chief Prosecutor at Guantanamo, Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, had this to say on the eve of a pre-trial motions hearing in United States v. Al-Nashiri---which commences tomorrow, and which Lawfare will co... -
The Uncertain Future of Military Detention Authority as "Combat Operations" in Afghanistan End
Scooping his own speech tomorrow at West Point, President Obama today announced his decision on future US force levels in Afghanistan. Assuming that the winner of the Afghan presidential election will i... -
FTC's Data Broker Report
The 110-page document was released today, and entitled "Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability." If you care about Big Data, then you will want to read the report. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Petro Poroshenko, the pro-Europe chocolate tycoon, was declared the victor in Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday, reports the Wall Street Journal. -
Double Standard in Publishing Classified Information?
I am struck by the circumspection of the American press in not revealing the name of the CIA Station Chief in Afghanistan whom the Obama Administration inadvertently disclosed over the weekend. That nam...
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