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We are Rushing Raqqa
At an April 27 hearing at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on policy options in Syria titled “After the Missile Strikes,” Charles Lister, a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, cautioned the da... -
What the Manchester Attack Shows Us About How the Terrorism Danger Has Evolved
The latest atrocity claimed by the Islamic State—the killing of at least 22 people, many of them children, at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester—illustrates how the terrorism threat has evolved. The ... -
Last Week at the Military Commissions
The Military Commissions were busy last week in the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi, and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi. In summarizing what happened... -
Facebook Immune from Liability Based on Third-Party Content
In an interesting examination of the role of social media platforms and terrorism, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed two related complaints against Facebook on Thursd... -
EDNY Dismisses Suits Against Facebook on Hamas Attacks
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed two lawsuits seeking to hold Facebook liable -
Intelligence Liaison and Counterterrorism: A Quick Primer
Press reports that President Trump may have revealed sensitive counterterrorism information originating from the Israeli government to Russian officials are potentially disastrous for U.S. counterterrori... -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins for May 14, 2017
Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Brigadier General Mark Martins gave the following remarks this Saturday on the occasion of military commissions hearings resuming this week in the 9/11 case. -
A Note on Military Commissions Coverage
As Lawfare readers may be aware, military commissions hearings are continuing this week in the 9/11 case. Lawfare will be covering the commissions as usual, with a bit of a twist: instead of daily, blow-... -
Section-by-Section Analysis of Rep. Schiff's AUMF Proposal
As several colleagues noted last week, Representative Adam Schiff has revived his effort to get Congress to replace the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs with a new “Consolidated AUMF” that would explicitly name the I... -
Trump and the Next Terrorist Attack
The days after a terrorist attack are trying for any president. Initial reports of responsibility are often wrong, and the public response is a loud mix of fear, demonstrations of support for the victims... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 4/25 Session: 51,000 Pages of Documents and Some Earrings
We are back for the second—and last—day of hearings this week in the case of Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi. Military judge Marine Colonel Peter Rubin gavels us in. He notes that the same parties are present as wh... -
The Importance of CVE in Light of the Changing Nature of the Threat
Over the past few years the idea of countering violent extremism (CVE) has become part of the lexicon when discussing issues related to terrorism. But contrary to popular misunderstanding, CVE is neither...
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