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"No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State," by Glenn Greenwald
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Memorial Day Thought by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Robert Samuelson reminds us today of the Civil War origins of Memorial Day in this lovely piece in the Washington Post, which contains a long excerpt from James McPherson’s terrific Battle Cry of Freedom. -
Senator Corker on AUMF Reform
Senator Corker has an op-ed in the WP on the need to update the AUMF. He documents the growth of extra-AUMF terrorist threats and then argues: These incidents seem to suggest that the September 2001 Au... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Hamas’s Islamist Foes
Editor’s Note: The United States rightly regards the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Palestinian organization Hamas as a terrorist group, but Hamas is also the de facto government of the Gaza Strip. There ... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #76: John Carlin on "State-Sponsored Cyber Theft"
John Carlin, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice, spoke at Brookings this week on “Defending our Nation by Prosecuting State-Sponsored Cyber Theft.” His rema... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Cybersecurity was front and center on Lawfare this week, with the Department of Justice indictment of Chinese military personnel for cyber espionage. Bobby linked to the DOJ's press release on the matter... -
Raha Wala Responds on AUMF Debate
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with some reactions to my posts last week on the AUMF hearings, to which I respond briefly at the end. Jack’s posts on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SF... -
Is JSOC About to Become More Transparent on Drone Strikes?
One frequently sees the claim that CIA drone operations should be handed over to the military because the military is more transparent. I have frequently disparaged that argument, not because the CIA is ... -
Senators Feinstein and Levin on 9/11 Case Delay, RDI Declassification
Made available today: a letter from Senators Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin, which was sent to President Obama in January of this year and urged him to speed things up in the 9/11 case---chiefly by decl... -
"The Murder of Guatemala's Bishop Gerardi: Muerte en el vecindario de Dios," by Julie Lopez
Gerardi: Muerte en el vecindario de Dios Julie López F&G Editores (Guatemala City 2012) The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? Francisco Goldman Grove Press (2007) -
Bangkok Blues III: Thailand's Impossible Military
Yesterday, Thailand saw its twelfth successful coup d’état since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932. After almost half a year of escalating political turmoil in the country, about which I have written,...
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