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Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Policy-Making Amid Disruptive Technological Change

(In Part I of this post on UN talks on lethal autonomous weapons, I discussed how the underlying artificial intelligence that enables autonomous systems is improving rapidly. In…
A U.S. Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (ie. drone), carrying a Hellfire missile after flying a mission in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016.

Implications of Trump’s New Drone Policy for Countries Assisting the U.S.

At the end of October, the New York Times reported two government officials as saying that the Trump administration had adopted its anticipated new approach to the deployment of…

Congress is Facing Decisions on Torture, and Needs to Treat Them As Such

On October 17, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on Christopher Sharpley’s nomination to become the next CIA inspector general. He has been the agency’s acting…

The Lethal Autonomous Weapons Governmental Meeting (Part I: Coping with Rapid Technological Change)

This week nations meet at the United Nations to discuss lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), including robotic weapons that might hunt for targets on their own. It has been…

Episode 45 of the National Security Law Podcast: An Inter-Jurisdictional Cluster-You-Know-What?

Has it only been a week?  Yeesh.  Well, we are back!  In this episode, Bobby Chesney and I focus on three topics: The Mueller investigation and the prospect that Mike Flynn…
Map of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Mohammed Jabbateh Conviction: A Human Rights Trial Cloaked in Immigration Crimes

On Oct. 18, a U.S. federal jury issued the first criminal conviction involving mass atrocities committed during Liberia’s First Civil War in the 1990s by a ULIMO rebel commander.…

Guantanamo: Donald Trump’s Opportunity

The Trump Administration’s response to last week’s attacks in downtown Manhattan could go either of two directions: The United States could continue to flounder with indecision…
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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Oct. 28-Nov. 3)

Cybersecurity and Cyber Conflict Robert S. Taylor, Cyber, Sovereignty, and North Korea–And the Risk of Inaction Michelle Richardson and Mike Godwin, What the White House Needs…

The Absurd (if Predictable) Suggestion to Transfer Sayfullo Saipov to Longterm Military Custody

President Trump said yesterday that he would “certainly consider” transferring Sayfullo Saipov–the person who murdered eight people in Manhattan on Tuesday–to…
The crashed vehicle used in what is being described as a terrorist attack sits in lower Manhattan the morning after the event on November 1, 2017 in New York City. Police walk around the area. Ribbon ropes off the area around the truck.

For Quick and Strong Justice, Look to the Courts—Not Guantanamo

On Wednesday, Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain reignited a seemingly settled debate by urging that Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in Tuesday’s horrific terrorist attack…

Episode 44 of the National Security Law Podcast: Interrogation, Prosecution, and Detention Issues in the Wake of the NYC Attack

We are back, one day after dropping episode 43, with an emergency podcast discussion the legal consequences of the horrific attack that occurred in New York City yesterday.  The…
A sign reading, "Office of Military Commissions Expeditionary Legal Complex Guantanamo Bay, Cuba" stands close to where pre-trial hearings are being held for the detainees at the military prison on June 25, 2013 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

What’s Going on at Gitmo?

Big news out of Guantánamo today: Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker, the chief defense counsel for the Military Commissions, was found guilty of contempt and sentenced to 21 days confinement…
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