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Killing With Military Equipment Disguised as Civilian Objects is Perfidy
The Washington Post earlier this year revealed US involvement in a 2008 Israeli operation that killed Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyah in a Damascus parking lot. In discussing various…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Mar 7–13)
I. Republican Letter to Iran Robert Howse & Ruti Teitel, Guest Post: Legal Flaws in the 47 Senators’ Letter to Iran (Tuesday, March 10) Marty Lederman, The Cotton Letter…
Peace and Security Means Addressing Social and Economic Rights for Women
As the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women takes places this week, much of the institutional, state, and non-governmental attention will be focused on the enforcement…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Feb 28-Mar 6)
I. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State Harold Koh, Sunset and Supersede: Striking the Right Balance in the AUMF Against ISIL (Monday,…
Case To Watch: Microsoft v. US on the Extraterritorial Reach of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
On Monday, the government will be filing its brief in its case against Microsoft regarding the reach of the government’s warrant authority under the Electronic Communications…
Women We Want to See at This Year’s Aspen Security Forum
The Aspen Security Forum (ASF), the annual alpine conclave of the West’s national security elite, has become known as one of the foremost venues for shaping the dialogue on national…
Jihad, Counter-Terrorism and Mothers
Women have had a limited presence in counter-terrorism discourses. When women come into view during conversations about terrorism they typically do so as the wives, daughters,…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Feb 21–27)
I. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State Just Security, Just Security Q&A with Rep. Adam Schiff on ISIL AUMF (Friday, Feb. 27) Nathalie…
Judge Pohl’s rebuke of DOD’s unorthodox effort to accelerate the 9/11 trial
[UPDATED at 6:00 p.m. with links to, and some discussion of, DoD rationales and the regulatory amendment itself.] Things have been moving very slowly, to say the least, in the…
What is no longer classified? (and what does it portend for the credibility of government declarations insisting on the need for categorical secrecy of covert action programs?)
The prosecution’s motion to amend the protective order in the 9/11 military commission is finally posted. As I discussed here, Judge Spath has granted a similar motion…
Al-Nashiri can now speak about his treatment … plus news about full SSCI Report
[Editor’s note: This post was originally published at 9:00 PM E.S.T. on February 22, 2015] Two weeks ago, I reported here that the prosecution had submitted motions to the…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Feb 14–20)
I. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State Ryan Goodman, AUMF, “Associated Forces,” and Slippery Slopes: Two More Data Points (Wednesday,…