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Democracy’s Failure
A year ago, President Obama gave a major counterterrorism speech in which he promised to “refine, and ultimately repeal” the 2001 AUMF. Yesterday, his administration announced…
News Roundup and Notes: September 11, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Iraq and Syria In a highly…
September 1, 1939
Each of the last twelve September 11ths, I’ve pulled out my copy of W.H. Auden’s poem, September 1, 1939, the lines of which have always seemed a stunningly appropriate…
The legal theory behind the President’s new military initiative against ISIL
A statement from a senior Administration official: The 2001 AUMF authorizes the use of “all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons”…
Reading Jack Goldsmith’s STELLARWIND Memo (Part I)
In response to a lawsuit first filed eight years ago by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the government has finally released a less-heavily-redacted version of Jack…
NYPD Uses Discovery Tactics to Deter Civil Rights Claims
The discovery stage of national security litigation rarely attracts much interest, at least where it does not involve an invocation of “state secrets” by the federal government.…
News Roundup and Notes: September 10, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Iraq and Syria President…
The Coming Congressional “Authorization” to Use Force Against ISIL?
Many commentators and news outlets are focused on whether the White House will seek, or Congress will pass, authorization for the President to use military force against ISIL.…
Welcome John Reed to Just Security!
We are thrilled to welcome John Reed who will serve as Just Security’s Managing Editor. John will already be familiar to many of our readers due to the impact he has made working…
News Roundup and Notes: September 9, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Iraq and Syria The Iraqi…
The War Powers Clock(s) in Iraq
Jack Goldsmith has a very helpful post up on Lawfare, explaining that the President had issued three separate War Powers notifications to Congress over the past month with respect…
Whose Hype are You Going to Believe?: How Not to Evaluate the ISIL Threat to the U.S.
On Friday, Peter Bergen and David Sterman wrote an article for CNN Opinion entitled, “ISIS Threat to U.S. Mostly Hype.” (Bergen is also CNN’s national security analyst.)…