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A Novel Local Approach to Drones
Here's some legislative action to watch . . . in Deer Trail, CO: DEER TRAIL, Colo. - The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado is considering a bold move. The town board will be voting on an ordinance that ... -
Mixed Feelings on the NSA . . .
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The Return of the Detainees to Algeria
The White House announcement on Friday that the Defense Department plans to transfer two Algerian detainees held at Guantanamo to Algeria represents the most recent action in a long series of efforts by ... -
A Response to Steve Vladeck and Kevin Jon Heller
In recent posts both on Lawfare and at Opinio Juris, Steve and Kevin Jon Heller (here and here) sharply critiqued the brief that Jim Schoettler and I filed on Thursday for Former -
The FBI Responds to Senator Paul, Who Has More Questions About Drones in U.S. Airspace
Drones continue to raise Senator Rand Paul's (R-KY) hackles---the FBI's drones especially, these days. Last month, and following drone-related congressional testimony by outgoing FBI Director Robert S. -
DoD Certifies Two GTMO Detainees for Repatriation to Algeria
So says this White House press release: Statement by the Press Secretary on Guantanamo Bay As the President has said, the United States remains determined to close the detention facility at Guantanamo B... -
DOD’s Weak Rationale for Keeping Enemy Identities Secret
Cora Currier at Pro Publica has an important story on why DOD won’t publish the list of AUMF “associated forces” against whom we are at war. DOD’s rationale: A Pentagon spokesman told ProPublica that re... -
The Two Fundamental Flaws in the New <em>Bahlul</em> Amicus Brief
Raff already flagged yesterday's filing of an amicus brief in support of the government in the Al Bahlul military commission appeal before the en banc D.C. Circuit by "former government officials, former... -
Where is the Law of War Manual? Here!
I've developed a bit of a backlog of things to post--a regrettable function of a crushing work volume in some of my various other lives and the fact that Lawfare, as it grows, requires more and more day-... -
Chris Woods of the BIJ Responds
Chris Woods, who until just recently used to spearhead the Covert Drone War investigation at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in London, writes in with the following comments on my post from the ot... -
The Long, Classified War
A recent cluster of stories – on al Qaeda’s growth, dispersion, and resilience, on the USG’s increased use of surveillance drones outside of “hot war zones,” on the USG possibly -
Incredible Footage of Niagara Falls Taken from a Drone
Really stunning. Hat tip: Albert Lukban
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