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A suicide bombing in Kabul outside of NATO HQ killed eight civilians. Afghan police say that the bomber was only 14 years old. -
Should A Facebook Plugin Make Us Rethink Comments?
As most readers of Lawfare are aware, we have a strict no comments policy on this blog. I have publicly defended this policy against criticism, promised it would never change, and have even made a video ... -
Shane Harris on How Mark Owen Can Stay Out of Prison
Shane Harris at Washingtonian has this snarky little piece about what Mark Owen aka the "squealing SEAL" can do to stay out of prison---since the Pentagon has decided that the book does, in fact, reveal ... -
Amy Zegart’s New Column
Amy Zegart of the Hoover Institution, author of several terrific books on intelligence, now has a regular column on intelligence matters at Foreign Policy that should be of great interest to Lawfare read... -
Shane Harris on "No Easy Day"
Shane Harris at Washingtonian has this review of ex-Navy SEAL Matt Bissonette's book on the Osama bin Laden raid. It begins: “Let me be clear, I do not consider this to be my story,” writes retired N... -
Happy Birthday, Lawfare!
Yes, Lawfare is two years old today. -
Enhancing Our Social Networking Features
Last night and this morning, I did a little tinkering with Lawfare's social networking features--which actually drive a good deal of traffic to the site. According to Google Analytics, Facebook is far an... -
Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture of Counterterrorism
I'm happy to report that I've recently completed drafting an article that has been much on my mind for the past few years. Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture o... -
Readings: The Canonical National Security Law Speeches of Obama Administration Senior Officials and General Counsels
What follows is the list of speeches by senior officials of the Obama administration, from the President on down and particularly senior lawyers of the national security agencies, addressing national sec... -
Justice Kennedy, Alex Bickel, and the Separation of Powers
Over at SCOTUSblog, there's a terrific symposium underway to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Least Dangerous Branch, Alex Bickel's seminal work on the Supreme Court and judicial review. -
Farewell to the Lawfare Readership Counter
Thanks to all who asked to be counted as regular Lawfare readers. The results of this tiny little survey have been helpful and illuminating--though they are admittedly somewhat tentative. Because I put t... -
Targeted Warfare: Individuating Enemy Responsibility
In an earlier post, here, I described an article I was working on, with my colleague Sam Issacharoff, on detention, targeted killings, and the fundamental transformation we see taking place in the practi...
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