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The Palestinian Authority’s Lose-Lose-Lose Move on ICC
Just before the end of the year, the Palestinian Authority took steps to become party to the Rome Statute and thereby join the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is a lose-lose-lose move: it is bad... -
Coverage of Al-Nashiri’s Arraignment: Motions Hearing Part 3
At last, you have reached the final post in Lawfare’s coverage of the motions hearing portion of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s arraignment. -
Five More GTMO Transfers
The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg has the scoop; apparently the five men are headed for Kazakhstan. The Pentagon freed five Guantánamo prisoners to resettlement in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, a day after the... -
Two Basic Problems With Abstention in <em>Nashiri</em>
Wells already flagged yesterday's D.D.C. -
DDC Won't Halt Al-Nashiri's Military Commission at GTMO
Such is the gist of Judge Richard Roberts' order, issued yesterday in the context of the high-value Guantanamo detainee's habeas case in D.C. -
Thoughts on the SSCI Report, Part III: The Program’s Effectiveness
Having started this series of posts by focusing on the aspect of the SSCI's report on which the committee majority is strongest---the program's brutality---I want to turn now to the aspects of the commit... -
Was It North Korea?
By now, we are all familiar with the attribution problems inherent in cyberspace. Notwithstanding, I have been provisionally willing to accept the FBI's assertion of North Korean responsibility for the ... -
A Modest Defense of the Government’s Legal and Policy Confusion Re Sony
The attribution problem makes it very hard for the public to know if North Korea in fact attacked Sony, the precise damage Sony suffered, and the party responsible for the (apparent) counter-attack in No... -
Safety At The Turn of the Last Century -- A Satire
MEMORANDUM TO DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION From: BoFT Safety Inspectors Re: Auto-mobile Issues Date: Circa 1910 We write with concern regarding the safety of the newest tr... -
Cliff Sloan Stepping Down as State Department GTMO Envoy
The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The State Department envoy who negotiates detainee transfers from the military prison at -
North Korean Internet Down
The New York Times is reporting that the entire North Korean network is off line as of right now. No information at all on the cause. Here is the opening from the article: North Korea’s already tenuou... -
On Sovereignty, Antarctica, Talmud and the Status of Jerusalem
It is always fascinating to watch someone see Jerusalem for the first time. Yesterday, I took a long walk through the Old City with an archeologist and the wonderful group of scholars that Academic Excha...
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