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Uganda and the WPR Clock
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Thornberry and Lumpkin on AUMF Renewal
Last week I noted an interesting exchange on AUMF renewal (and life in a post-AUMF world) during Michael Lumpkin's March 11 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. When Lumpkin appeared be... -
Habeas and the Military Commissions After Aamer
I’ve already written at some length about the D.C. Circuit’s decision last month in Aamer v. -
The US and Human Rights: A Federalist Society Debate
Criticizing the US stance on human rights treaties is practically an international sport, as evidenced by the bruising reception the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) gave to a US delegation last week. As... -
Snowden Disclosures and Norms of Cyber-Attacks
Secrecy---of the sort that typically shrouds cyber-defense and cyber-attack capabilities and doctrine---complicates the development of international norms. Secrecy makes it difficult to engage in sustai... -
Periodic Review Board Hearing Today
Today an interagency review panel will hear, by video hookup, the case of Guantanamo detainee Ali Ahmad al-Razihi. The issue is whether the Yemeni's further detention is necessary to protect a continuin... -
LOAC and the Crimea
A disturbing news item: it appears that Russian soldiers have killed at least one Ukrainian soldier at a Ukrainian military base in the Crimea, possibly heralding a violent resolution to the tense armed... -
Drone Strikes in Yemen Accelerating Lately...But What If Anything Does It Signify?
Worth noting: There have been four reported drone strikes in Yemen over the past two weeks. Long War Journal provides the details on the latest one here; LWJ's drone coverage in general is simply invalu... -
Michael Lumpkin (ASD-SO/LIC) on Revisiting the AUMF and Article II as a Backstop
The slow-boil debate regarding the fate of the 2001 AUMF continues. The subject came up on March 11 when Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) Michael Lum... -
Intelligence Squared US Debate: "The President Has Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad"
For the Motion: Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Michael Lewis, Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University School of Law Against the Motion: -
The SSCI Fracas and the CIA’s Duty to Make Criminal Referrals to DOJ
Ken Dilanian has a story on Acting CIA General Counsel Robert Eatinger (whom Caroline Krass, just confirmed, will succeed.) Eatinger is at the center of the fracas between CIA and SCCI because he sent a... -
Ahmed Belbacha Transferred from GTMO to Algeria
So we learn from this statement, released earlier this morning by the Department of Defense: The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Ahmed Belbacha from the detention facility at Guantá...
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