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We Robot 2014 - Call for Presentation Proposals (Including on National Security Topics)
For reasons that won’t surprise anyone, Lawfare deals a lot with automation and robotic technologies, ranging from cyber to big data to military robotics. So readers might be interested to learn of next... -
Response Brief in Counsel Access Case, Hatim v. Obama
Guantanamo detainees have filed their response brief in the D.C. Circuit appeal of Hatim v. Obama, the "counsel access" case. -
Oral Argument Recap: Aamer v. Obama
Here’s a read-out from today’s oral argument in Aamer v. -
Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban (Still) Won't Work and How the Laws of War Can
Over at TNR's Security States, Matt and I have a new piece about international calls to ban autonomous weapon systems. It begins like this: What if armed drones were not just piloted remotely by humans ... -
Interim Report by UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson on Drones in Counterterrorism Operations
You can find the interim report---the final won't be submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council until 2014, apparently---here. There's a good bit to pore over in the paper authored by Emmerson, with who... -
Oral Argument Preview: Aamer v. Obama
Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., D.C. Circuit Judges David S. Tatel and Thomas B. Griffith, and Senior Judge Stephen F. Williams will hear oral arguments in Aamer v. -
Readings: FAA v. Pirker (Domestic Drone Flights)
Although the Federal Aviation Administration has been tasked by Congress to come up with regulations for the use of drones in domestic airspace, it is running late on that mandate. Even small, light mo... -
Cyber Conflict Bibliography
My colleague at The George Washington University Law School, Lori Fossum, has just published a Cyber Conflict Bibliography. For those interested in cybersecurity (and particularly cyber warfare) it is a... -
Thoughts About the Obama Administration’s Counterterrorism Paradigm in Light of the Al-Liby and Ikrima Operations
Mary DeRosa and Marty Lederman, both of whom were senior national security lawyers in the Obama administration, have a helpful if somewhat hopeful post at Just Security on the significance of the recent ... -
Government Shutdown? Guantanamo Detainee Seeks Oral Argument, Anyway
An intriguing development in a Guantanamo-related case ongoing during the government shutdown: detainee Ahmed Adnan Ajam, who challenges Guantanamo transfer restrictions as incompatible with the Constitu... -
Al-Libi and Detention at Sea
While no navy captain likes stormy weather, the controversy over the temporary detention on a navy vessel of the captured Al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Libi is a tempest in a teapot. As John Bellinger not... -
"Drones Are the Future for Dull or Dangerous Missions"
The splendidly quotable title quote - "Clearly, drones are the future for dull or dangerous missions" - comes from Dan Jangblad , chief strategy officer for Sweden's aerospace company, Saab AB, by way ...
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