Today’s Headlines and Commentary

Don’t be a bonehead: If you haven’t already done so, please fill out our Reader Survey! Let’s begin with drones (which will get you if you don’t fill out the Reader Survey). The Washington Post reports that Pakistanis angry about U.S. drone strikes have redirected their ire towards their own government. Bill Quigley, a human rights lawyer and professor at Loyola University in New Orleans, outlines five reasons drone strikes are illegal in CounterPunch. Turns out that Samir Khan, the U.S. citizen and late AQAP media guru—until American drones got the better of him in Yemen (guess who didn’t fill out our Reader Survey?)--produced a notable piece of work before his death. The Telegraph has images of four pages of his latest English-language recruiting manual, and ABC News and CNN also have the scoop on what’s in the guide. Some money quotes include:

Remaining clean throughout your jihadi career should never be overlooked due to the problems that may arise. . . . A daily shower is ideal but not possible in many cases. I strongly recommend all the brothers and sisters coming from the West to consider attacking America in its own backyard. The effect is much greater, it always embarrasses the enemy, and these type of individual decision-making attacks are nearly impossible for them to contain. If you feel terrified. . . . Close your eyes and imagine yourself inside paradise. Think of your hoor [virgins] that are awaiting you as well as meeting the prophets.

Note, please that the virgins come before the prophets. The Associated Press tells us that Navy Cmdr. Walter Ruiz, lawyer for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, has asked for testimony from eight top Bush and Obama administration officials in connection with a motion to dismiss the case over alleged command influence. Lyle Denniston has a lengthy analysis in SCOTUSblog on whether Latif—which is on the Supreme Court’s conference agenda this week—is the answer to the dilemma facing detainee lawyers. The Post states that President Obama issued an executive order giving the Treasury Department the “authority to freeze the U.S.-based assets of anyone who ‘obstructs’ implementation of the administration-backed political transition in Yemen.” That means YOU if you don’t fill out our Reader Survey. And, in the latest from the TSA, guess who screeners decided to feel up this time. Call it a Moment of KissZENger. Guess he didn’t fill out our Reader Survey. . . For more interesting law and security-related articles, follow us on Twitter, visit the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law’s Security Law Brief, Fordham Law’s Center on National Security’s Morning Brief, and Fordham Law’s Cyber Brief. Email us noteworthy articles we may have missed at wakeman.lawfare@gmail.com and  singh.lawfare@gmail.com.