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Readings: John Rizzo on CIA Reporting to Congress
John Rizzo, formerly acting General Counsel to the CIA (and now a visiting fellow of the Hoover Institution, where he is working on a memoir) has a short piece on the practicalities of the reporting regi... -
Event on Comparative U.S./Israeli National Security Law: March 27
For interested D.C.-area readers, we're hosting what should be a fascinating panel discussion here at American University Washington College of Law next Tuesday (March 27), from 1-3 p.m., on "U.S. and Is... -
The Fairness and Effectiveness of Military Commissions: A Response to Jack
In a characteristically thougtful essay over at Slate, and building on themes in his new book, Jack returns to a familiar argument--that the extent to which the Obama Administration has embraced military... -
Two Upcoming Events at Brookings
Two upcoming events at the Brookings Institution that are salient to a lot of the issues we discuss on Lawfare: Pakistan on the Edge: The Future of Pakistan and the U.S. Response -
"Power and Constraint" Book Events This Week
I have three major events in connection with my book this week. Tonight at 6 p.m., the Harvard Book Store will be hosting an event at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge. Discussants will be Harvard profe... -
Upcoming National Security Conference (Federalist Society, April 5)
The Federalist Society's upcoming (April 5) national security and law symposium features an array of great speakers, including Ben and Steve. Details below: 2012 National Security Symposium Internatio... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On the heels of a meeting between U.S. and Pakistan officials, Pakistan has announced that it will no longer permit the United States to use its airspace for drone attacks. Bloomberg's Indira A.R. -
Readings: Peter Margulies, "Valor's Vices: Against a State Duty to Risk Forces in Armed Conflict"
Peter Margulies, professor at Roger Williams University school of law and FOL ("Friend of Lawfare") who occasionally contributes commentary to this blog, has a new paper up at SSRN: "Valor's Vices: Aga... -
Number of U.S. Jurisdictions with Lawfare License Plates Nears 4 Percent
That exciting fact comes to me thanks to Jacob Sternberger, who last year won the Lawfare competition to parody the New York Times editorial on the Al Aulaqi strike. Sternberger, a senior at Dickinson Co... -
"Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics," by Stephen F. Knott
Published by University of Kansas Press (2012) Reviewed by Benjamin Kleinerman -
Georgetown Law Event on National Security
See this event announcement from Georgetown University Law Center: The National Security Law Society Presents: Defining "National Security" for the 21st Century Monday, March 12 at 4pm in Gewirz Studen... -
"Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War," by Stephen C. Neff
Published by Harvard University Press (2010) Reviewed by Alan G. Kaufman
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