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Mark Mazzetti has a very important story in the Times noting that, far from backing away from using lethal force against AQAP targets in Yemen during this time of political instability, the US has steppe...
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Writing at Foreign Policy, Charli Carpenter and Lina Shaikhouni present a series of arguments challenging the legality of the U.S. use of lethal force--whether from drones or special forces--in Pakistan....
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Hot on the heels of a National Security Council debate last Thursday concerning whether to reduce the pace or scope of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan (reported by the Wall Street Journal here; please do c...
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The two main headlines on the online NYT at the moment are about the E Coli outbreak in Germany and the alleged hack by China of Google. I have not seen anyone speculating that the E Coli outbreak is a ...
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According to Der Spiegel Online, Germany is withholding intelligence from the United States out of concern over the legality of such cooperation in circumstances that might result in a drone strike killi...
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Michael Hirsh (National Journal) has a very interesting piece today at the Atlantic (online that is, not sure if this is going into print as well). Here's a key slice of it:
Obama has also demonstrated ...
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Charlie Savage has the goods this morning regarding the administration's potential responses to the looming expiration of the 60-day WPR clock in connection with the war in Libya. It's a must-read piece...
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Lawfare readers may be interested in this event taking place next Tuesday, May 17th at Brookings.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 placed restrictions on government acquisition of electr...
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Josh Rogin reports a cryptic comment from Senators Kerry and McCain with respect to the looming expiration of the WPR's 60-day clock. Here is Kerry:
"I'm not hearing from my colleagues that they feel the...
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This press release story in the Miami Herald announces that the British advocacy group, Reprieve, is in the midst of developing a litigation strategy designed to stop the United States from conducting dr...
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As we’ve noted on this blog previously (here and here), continued U.S.
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I noted yesterday that the United States may have resumed using lethal force against AQAP targets in Yemen. Now, it appears, drone strikes seem also to have resumed in North Waziristan, in this case pos...