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Professor Michael Lewis writes in with the following guest post:
Why IHL and not Self-Defense Should be Considered the Legal Basis for the Awlaki Operation
Anwar al-Awlaki is dead, apparently killed by ...
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A senior administration lawyer involved in national security issues writes in with the following:
I read the commentary by He Who Must Not Be Named On This Blog on the killing of Aulaqi, and while I unde...
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A corollary to Bobby's second point in this post is that it is not enough to say the words "due process" by way of denouncing the Al Aulaqi strike, as though those words represent a discussion-ending arg...
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In the flurry of al-Awlaki coverage today, there are two points that I think are particularly worthy of attention.
First, does this show that the U.S.
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Over at Salon.com, He Who Must Not Be Named on This Blog is upset by the fact that what he terms the "the due process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality."
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Here's the New York Times coverage, the Washington Post story, and the coverage on CBS News.
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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...
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A Second Circuit panel has affirmed, in United States v.Kassar (2d Cir. Sep. 21, 2011), the conviction of three defendants who were convicted on charges stemming from a sting operation involving a faux e...
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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...
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Adding to the flurry of recent Alien Tort Statute appellate decisions, on Monday the Fourth Circuit issued its opinion in Aziz v.
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On September 14, General John R. Allen, who succeeded David Petraeus as the commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, presided over the change of the command of Rule of Law Field Force – Afghanistan from Bri...
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Below Gabor Rona has a sharp response to my earlier post on Charlie Savage’s story on the latest round of Johnson v.