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Below the fold, I'm pasting in a reply by Jon Hafetz from Seton Hall to last Friday's post by Marty Lederman and me on the new Feinstein Amendment and the military detention of non-citizens apprehended w...
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Last week in DC, the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security put on its annual "review of the field" conference. It was a great event, as always. One of the highlights was a very interestin...
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As Wells and Steve noted last week, the Senate approved the “Feinstein Amendment” to the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Amendment, if enacted, would impose a clear statement rule f...
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John C.
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After responding yesterday to Matt and Ken on lethal autonomous robots, Human Rights Watch's Tom Malinowski now takes aim at my critique of his group's report on robots with autonomous lethal capability.
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The ICRC, on its blog Intercross, has responded to a pair of recent articles in Slate on weapons.
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Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch has responded to our critique of their recent report on autonomous lethal systems.
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Most discussion of the NDAA on this blog focuses on detainee-related provisions, and a familiar argument is that some of these provisions inappropriately tie the President’s hands, stripping the executiv...
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Wells is exactly right--and Senators Levin and Graham are exactly wrong--about the implications of last night's Senate vote approving Senator Feinstein's amendment to the FY2013 National Defense Authoriz...
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Here's the Obama Administration's statement of policy regarding the Senate's version of the NDAA for FY2013. The document begins as follows:
The Administration appreciates the Senate Armed Services Com...
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I keep meaning to write a blog post on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the upcoming Dubai meeting, but so many other folks are writing good analysis that it almost isn't necessary. T...
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Last week, Human Rights Watch (along with the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic) published a report titled "Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots." It argues for a preemptiv...