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(Timely) Symposium on Contractor Accountability Over @ Opinio Juris
Our friends over at Opinio Juris are hosting a neat online symposium discussion of Professor Laura Dickinson's book Outsourcing War and Peace: Preserving Public Values in a World of Privatized Foreign Af... -
A Few Thoughts on Hedges
I am as perplexed by yesterday's Hedges decision as either Steve and Bobby--and largely agree with both of their posts on the subject. -
Issues with Hedges v. Obama, and a Call for Suggestions for Statutory Language Defining Associated Forces
A few reflections on Hedges v. Obama, enjoining at least some aspects of section 1021 of the NDAA: A Self-Inflicted Wound? -
The FY2013 NDAA and Domestic Detention--Now With More Misdirection
Ben is a far better wordsmith than I--"a little cowardly" communicates a lot more in a lot less than my post from Tuesday afternoon about why the House Armed Services Committee's version of the FY2013 Na... -
Why Hedges v. Obama is Terribly Perplexing
I've now had more of a chance to read through Judge Forrest's decision Wednesday in Hedges v. Obama, which (seems to) enter a preliminary injunction against some or all of section 1021 of the FY2012 Nati... -
Federal Judge Enjoins Section 1021 of the FY2012 NDAA
Out today, a 68-page opinion from Judge Katherine Forrest of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, entering a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from enforcing... -
Retired Admirals and Generals Endorse Smith-Amash Amendment
The debate over the Smith-Amash amendment to the NDAA continues. Yesterday, we posted a letter written by former administration attorneys general criticizing that amendment, among others. Today, it's twe... -
Some Thoughts on the New NDAA and the Smith-Amash Amendment
I have largely refrained from commenting on the machinations over this year's NDAA--in part because I'm still a little worn out from last year's NDAA, and in part because the issue seems to me a bit of t... -
White House: Unspecified Concerns Re NDAA FY'13 Provision on Military Activities in Cyberspace
The White House SAP on HR 4310 (NDAA FY'13) also has a brief reference to the proposed "military activities in cyberspace" provision, but it does little more than flag that the White House intends to eng... -
White House Threatens Veto of NDAA FY'13 Bill in Relation to Detainee Provisions
The White House has issued a SAP (Statement of Administration Policy) threatening to veto HR 4310 (the NDAA FY '13) on various grounds, including objections to the detainee provisions found in sections 1... -
Letter from former U.S. Security Officials On those 2013 NDAA Amendments
Over at DefCon Hill, Jeremy Herb shares a letter written by former Attorneys General Edwin Meese III and Michael Mukasey and former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff to House Armed Services... -
Once More, With Feeling: The FY2013 NDAA and Domestic Detention
I have thus far stayed fairly mum on the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act, if for no other reason than the 150 exams (now 80) that I have to grade.
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