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More on the Administration's AUMF Strategy
A friend who is familiar with Obama administration thinking responds to my post on yesterday’s AUMF hearing: The administration’s focus is not on ending the war, but on ensuring that future presidents do... -
Reactions to Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the AUMF
There is much to say about today’s hearing on the AUMF, and I am sure my colleagues will weigh in with much more. But I have two quick reactions for now. First, I suggest reading two recent Eli Lake ar... -
Read Out on Today's GTMO Hunger Strike Hearing
Last week, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler entered a temporary restraining order in a habeas case filed by Guantanamo detainee Jihad Dhiab. Among other things, and most interestingly, her ruling tempo... -
Live: Senate Hearing on the AUMF
As Bobby noted earlier, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding a hearing entitled: "Authorization For Use Of Military Force After Iraq And Afghanistan." -
Questions that Should Be Asked at Today's Senate AUMF Hearing
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has a hearing this morning concerning the future of the AUMF, featuring DOD General Counsel Stephen Preston, State Department Principle Deputy Legal Adviser Mary Ma... -
DDC to GTMO: No Force Feeding Detainee Until Hearing
That's perhaps the most eye-catching feature of this just-issued preservation order from U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler. It reads, in pertinent part: On April 18, 2014, Petitioner Mohammed Abu Wa’el... -
USG Filings in Al-Nashiri
There are two: a cross-motion to hold Al-Nashiri's habeas case in abeyance, pending resolution of his military commission trial at Guantanamo; and a legal memorandum setting forth the government's argume... -
Targeting Non-Al Qaeda Members in Yemen (?): The Role of Consent
The other day both Bobby here and Ryan Goodman at Just Security here picked up on news reports that DOD may be willing to provide additional military cooperation (including logistics and direct fire capa... -
Questions About CIA v. DOD Drone Strikes
Two reasons often given for the need to transfer targeting killing by drone from CIA exclusively to DOD are (i) collateral damage reduction, because DOD supposedly has stricter targeting criteria and bet... -
Drone Almost Collides With Commercial Airliner
So reports the BBC. The incident apparently happened back in March: A drone almost collided with a US commercial flight in March, an official with America's flight regulatory agency has revealed. -
Drone Strikes and the CIA vs JSOC Quality-Control Comparison
For those who are still wondering why the Obama administration has not followed through on the idea of shifting all responsibility for drone strikes from CIA to JSOC, this story from Ken Dilanian of the ... -
David Barron, Targeted Killing, and Rand Paul's Wrongheaded Oped
"I believe that killing an American citizen without a trial is an extraordinary concept and deserves serious debate," writes Sen. Rand Paul in an oped in the New York Times this morning. "I can’t imagine...
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