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More on Releasing the Legal Rationale for the Al-Aulaqi Strike
In the past couple of days, both Jack and I have called for greater transparency concerning the legal rationale for the drones program. -
Will Drone Strikes Become Obama's Guantanamo?
Here is an op-ed I have written for Monday’s Washington Post on the likely international reaction to the killing of al-Awlaki. With respect to US law, I have noted previously that if Congress becomes co... -
Letter from the Petitioner in Suleiman
On Tuesday, lawyers for Abdulrahman Abdou Abou Alghaith Suleiman filed this letter with the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The letter replies to an ear... -
Pakistan and Material Support for the Haqqani Network and for Attacks on American Soldiers
Admiral Mullen, who will soon step down as CJCS, offered the following blunt language in his prepared testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning: Extremist organizations serving a... -
Gabor Rona’s Response to My Post on Johnson v. Koh, with a Note on Ideological Opposition to Working with Congress
Below Gabor Rona has a sharp response to my earlier post on Charlie Savage’s story on the latest round of Johnson v. -
One More Thought on Charlie Savage's Story
I have little to add to Jack's excellent post yesterday about Charlie Savage's fascinating New York Times story on the latest dispute within the administration on the scope and reach of the AUMF. But I d... -
Thoughts on the Latest Round of Johnson v. Koh
Charlie Savage has a story about a dispute between DOD General Counsel Jeh Johnson and State Legal Advisor Harold Koh over the scope of the president’s legal authority to target members of al Qaeda-affil... -
Is it Time to End the War on Terror?
That was the subject of a debate the other day put on by a group called Intelligence Squared--which was attended and summarized by Lawfare reader John Mattiace. Mattiace is an attorney practicing in New ... -
A Response to Bruce Ackerman: Whether the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs Are Exhausted
Bruce Ackerman has an interesting piece at Foreign Policy this week, arguing that the “congressional resolutions authorizing combat in Afghanistan and Iraq no longer justify military operations in either... -
Appellant and Appellee Briefs available for Alsabri v. Obama
The appellant and appellee briefs for Alsabri v. Obama, a Guantanamo habeas case in the D.C. Circuit, are now available. You can read Ben's thoughts on the District Court's decision here and Bobby's thou... -
Ooops! I forgot to Assert the State Secrets Privilege
That's what somebody in the government is saying today, on reading this Washington Post story about a contract dispute between two aviation companies involved in CIA renditions--a dispute that seems to i... -
Is AQAP Part-and-Parcel of al Qaeda? Some New Evidence
Mark Mazzetti had a piece yesterday in the Times covering the important news that CIA once again has located and killed al Qaeda's top officer for operational planning (Atiyah abd al-Rahman, who took ove...
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