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Disturbing Findings of the North Korea Commission of Inquiry
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) focused on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) released its first report this week. The report is a monumental depiction of the…
A Rejoinder from Jenks and Corn re U.S. SIGINT Based Targeting
There is probably no area of greater consensus between us and Professors Goodman and Jinks (their post) than the recognition that the law of armed conflict should and must be responsive…
Happy Presidents’ Day, Just Security Readers
Happy Presidents’ Day! We will likely have reduced coverage today. In addition to our usual coverage in the coming week, stay tuned on Tuesday for a debate on the use of signals…
Recap: A Guide to the Past Week’s Posts on Just Security (Feb. 8-14)
I. Surveillance and Data Collection Just Security, Members of the PCLOB Testifying Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Wednesday, Feb. 12) Jennifer Granick, Eight Questions…
Congratulations to Sarah Knuckey—Professorship and Co-Director of Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law
Congratulations to Just Security’s Sarah Knuckey, who has accepted an offer to become the Lieff Cabraser Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights…
Which Policies Apply to the Killing of U.S. Citizens in Pakistan?
Yesterday, the Associated Press, Washington Post, New York Times, and the LA Times reported on debates within the U.S. government about “whether to authorize a lethal strike…
Lethal Targeting of US Citizens: AP Report Raises More Questions Than Answers
In a highly provocative piece this morning, Kimberly Dozier writes that the Obama administration is weighing another drone strike against a U.S. citizen. That is obviously a…
Recap: A Guide to the Past Week’s Posts on Just Security (February 1-7)
I. Surveillance and Data Collection Jennifer Daskal, What the No Fly List Teaches Us About Big Data (Friday, Feb. 7) Shirin Sinnar, Guest Post: A Terrorist Watchlist Error Revealed…
What the No Fly List Teaches Us About Big Data
Shirin beat me to the punch in her excellent discussion of the court’s order in the first-ever no fly list case to be decided on the merits (an issue I previously discussed here).…
New Oxford Public International Law “Debate Map”: Disputes in the East and South China Seas
In a recent post, I mentioned Oxford Public International Law’s “Debate Map” on the legality of the use of force against Syria, which is an online index of a diverse…
“Associated Forces” has a legal meaning . . . but it’s not “every group that calls itself al Qaeda”
Daphne reports that at a House Armed Services hearing today, Christopher Swift of the UVa Center for National Security Law emphasized that “the United States has to stop…
The Muhtorov Constitutional Challenge to Section 702
Jamshid Muhtorov is a lawful permanent U.S. resident and a criminal defendant in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, charged with providing material support to…