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I wonder what Ben Emmerson was thinking when he watched CNN this evening. Emmerson, the UN Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights who is conducting an investigation into the legality of ...
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A while back, Jack asked a student named Samantha Goldstein to help him assemble some resources on targeted killing. The resulting bibliography has expanded over time, and we have decided to post it as a...
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The House Intelligence Committee has released a new draft of the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. I think it is fair to say that the bill is becoming increasingly more moderate as ...
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Ken Anderson and I have just published a new policy paper through the Hoover Institution: Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban Won’t Work and How the Laws of War Can.
Our paper beg...
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The New York Times has posted a lengthy and very interesting article by reporter Mark Mazzetti entitled "Rise of the Predators: A Secret Deal on Drones, Sealed in Blood," which will appear on tomorrow's ...
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On Thursday, I participated in a particularly good discussion at Georgetown University Law Center on "Legal and Ethical Implications of Autonomous Weapons." Hosted by the school's National Security Law S...
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Those who follow the blog will know that I am skeptical of the government's ability to construct a regulatory system for enhancing cybersecurity standards. I am often asked, however: "well, then what do...
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Jens David Ohlin (Cornell) has an interesting post up at LieberCode in which he discusses a range of LOAC issues raised by CIA involvement in drone strikes. Jens raises the question whether CIA personne...
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Last week I noted that the House Judiciary Committee was circulating a proposal to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act that was mostly a wish list for the Department of Justice. Yesterday a diverse...
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From Weekend Edition, a very thoughtful and useful discussion with Greg McNeal on some of themes of his recent guest blogging on Lawfare:
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Over at the Hoover Institution's Defining Ideas site, Victor Davis Hanson has this useful essay on the politics of drones.
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We are excited to announce the launch of a project at which we have been hard at work for some time.