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The Legal Stakes in an Article II Humanitarian Intervention in Iraq
Yesterday I maintained that the Iraq strikes were not legally problematic to the extent that they were justified as self-defense of U.S. persons, but said that “[i]f the Iraq strikes are conceptualized a... -
Quick Thoughts on the (Domestic) Legal Basis for Air Strikes in Iraq
As Wells notes, the Obama administration is contemplating air strikes in Iraq to protect threatened religious minorities there. -
Air Strikes or Supply Drops in Iraq?
The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — President Obama is considering airstrikes or airdrops of food and medicine to address a humanitarian crisis among as many as 40,000 religious minorities in Iraq... -
My Twitter Exchange with Glenn Greenwald this Morning
The thing kind of speaks for itself: [View the story "My Twitter Exchange with Glenn Greenwald " on Storify] -
Snowden Residency in Moscow Extended
So reports the New York Times: MOSCOW — Edward J. Snowden, the American intelligence contractor who published a raft of secret documents and then fled to Russia, has been granted a three-year residence ... -
The FISA Court and Article III: A Surreply to Orin
As I suspected it would, the exchange between my friend Orin Kerr and me on the constitutionality of the appellate review provisions in the Senate version of the USA FREEDOM Act has morphed into a broade... -
Is Putin Selling Out Edward Snowden?
This is rank, arguably irresponsible, speculation. I have had no---that is to say zero---conversations with anyone who knows anything about Snowden's status in Russia. I can thus offer no particularly go... -
Snowden in Russia: Limbo Update
From the ITAR/TASS news---if you can call it that---agency: MOSCOW, July 31. /ITAR-TASS/. -
Yeah, But Is It a Good Bill? Thoughts on the Leahy FISA Reform Proposal
Yesterday evening, Jodie Liu and I summarized Sen. Leahy's new FISA reform bill---which represents a legislative compromise between many of the major stakeholders in the NSA debate. One question we did n... -
Who Is Saying What About the Leahy Surveillance Bill
Below you'll find a compilation of public statements on Senator Patrick Leahy's new and improved USA Freedom Act, which he unveiled yesterday. Suffice it to say: the reviews are generally positive, giv... -
Senator Leahy’s NSA Reform Bill: A Quick and Dirty Summary
As Wells reported this morning, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy unveiled his version of the NSA reform bill today. Leahy’s bill is important because, well, it’s not just Leahy’s bill. I... -
Huh? Rep. McKeon on the White House and the Iraq AUMF
A little postscript to my note about Friday’s vote in the House, regarding military operations in Iraq: this quite critical statement, which House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon r...
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