As Bobby noted previously, Rep. Adam Smith and others are proposing amendments to this year's NDAA that would make certain changes to the detention-related provisions implemented by last year's NDAA.  Am...

[UPDATE: If one looks at the draft NDAA provisions approved by the HASC Emerging Threats Subcomittee (Chairman Mac Thornberry, Hook 'Em), there is at section 942 a provision calling for quarterly reporti...

A quick note updating readers on the progress of the draft NDAA FY'13:  Chairman McKeon's bill passed HASC last night in the wee hours.  Next stop: the floor, where we are likely to see, among other thin...

The other day, David Rivkin and Cully Stimson had this oped in the Washington Post on the recently-passed Virginia law that seeks to prohibit state cooperation with detentions of American citizens under ...

[UPDATE 5/10/12: Whoops.  Careful readers will note that the new bill omits the congressional-notification language from last year's bill...at least in the text of the statute, though not in the explanat...

Yeesh.  Yesterday I noted that Chairman McKeon's NDAA draft includes a "Daqduq rule" -- i.e., a provision requiring the Defense Department to notify Congress before transferring certain detainees held at...

I received the list below (of "Significant Cyber Attacks" on Federal systems since 2004) from sources on Capitol Hill last week.  After reading through it and checking the data, it seemed worth making th...

HASC Chairman Buck McKeon today released a draft NDAA for FY '13, which will head to the full committee for markup on the 9th.  The text of the bill as it currently stands is posted here, McKeon's announ...

A gentle reminder - not that you really needed one, being a devoted Lawfare reader and all  - Ben and I will be live-blogging tomorrow's much-anticipated arraignment in United States v. KSM et al.  Accor...

Yesterday I posted a lengthy response to Gabor Rona’s critique of the Brennan speech, and Gabor has now replied to my comments.  Alas, we seem to be speaking past one another in various ways (for example...

Over at Opinio Juris, Gabor Rona of Human Rights First offers an extended critique of John Brennan’s speech on the use of lethal force.  It is an interesting and provocative post, leading me to share a f...

Very glad to have joined the Lawfare team.  I look forward to more sustained blogging once the spring grading season is over.  For now, I'll offer just a quick thought on the speech John Brennan delivere...