As the year winds down, we’ve been taking a look at some of our successes during 2015 and we thought our readers might enjoy a roundup of some of our most-read posts, as well as a few worth revisiting on topics that have recently been in the news. Below you can find both, in no particular order.
Fifteen of Our Most-Read Posts
- International Law on the Saudi-Led Military Operations in Yemen by Nathalie Weizmann
- The Declining Half-Life of Secrets by Peter Swire
- Charlie Hebdo, The Interview, and Censoring Torture Photos by Jameel Jaffer
- The Fine Line Between Collective Self-Defense and Intervention by Invitation: Reflections on the Use of Force Against “IS” in Syria by Claus Kreß
- Is Flawed Terrorism Research Driving Flawed Counterterrorism Policies? by Michael German
- Sexual Torture, Rape, and Gender-Based Violence in the Senate Torture Report by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
- It’s Time to End the “Debate” on Encryption Backdoors by Kevin Bankston
- Blackwater’s Unsung Heroes by James Stewart & Sara Gray
- Transcript: NSA Director Mike Rogers vs. Yahoo! on Encryption Back Doors by John Reed
- Palestine and the ICC — Some Legal Questions by David Luban
- “New Torture Files”: Declassified Memos Detail Roles of Bush White House and DOJ Officials Who Conspired to Approve Torture by David Cole
- A Legal and Operational Assessment of Israel’s Targeting Practices by Michael Schmitt & John Merriam
- The CIA Can’t Keep Its Drone Propaganda Straight by Jameel Jaffer & Brett Max Kaufman
- The APA Scandal by David Luban
- Legal Flaws in the 47 Senators’ Letter to Iran by Robert Howse & Ruti Teitel
Ten Others Worth Revisiting
- Is the FBI Using Zero-Days in Criminal Investigations? by Ahmed Ghappour
- How a Case of Stolen Corn Seeds Shows the Problem with the FISA Court by Faiza Patel
- Serial Angst by Steve Vladeck
- OmniCISA Pits DHS Against the FCC and FTC on User Privacy by Jennifer Granick
- A Legal Map of Airstrikes in Syria (Part 1) by Jonathan Horowitz
- Transcript: FBI Director Says Authors of Encryption Letter Are Uninformed or Not Fair-Minded by Megan Graham
- Targeting Tankers Under the Law of War (Part 1) by Beth Van Schaack
- Confirm the Legal Adviser by Harold Hongju Koh
- The Council of Europe’s Draft Protocol on Foreign Terrorist Fighters is Fundamentally Flawed by Martin Scheinin
- Clarifying What’s at Stake in al Bahlul (Short Answer: Judge and Jury) … and What’s Not by Marty Lederman