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The President Has No Congressional Authorization to Use Force against ISIS in Iraq
Earlier this week, Jen Daskal, Steve Vladeck and I wrote a post explaining why the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq clearly does not apply to ISIS in Iraq…
The Legal Basis for the Abu Khattalah Capture
The capture of Ahmed Abu Khattalah was performed by a joint group of FBI agents and U.S. Special Operations forces. A New York Times story reported an official as saying that…
News Roundup and Notes: June 19, 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 The Independent (Patrick…
Recommended Afternoon Reading
Here are a few recommended good reads to add to your afternoon reading list: Yesterday on the tenth anniversary of the first drone strike in Pakistan, The Bureau of Investigative…
A Few Good Afternoon Reads
This afternoon, we bring you a few choice reads from across the blogosphere and other online media outlets: On Opinio Juris, Deborah Pearlstein adds to the debate regarding…
10 Years of Drone Strikes in Pakistan–but do you know whether it’s an “area of active hostilities”?
Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the first reported US drone strike in Pakistan (punctuated by another one today). Yet there is still official silence about a crucial…
News Roundup and Notes: June 18, 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. U.S. captures Ahmed Abu…
Meshal: The Last, Best Hope for National Security Bivens Claims?
Last Friday, Judge Sullivan (D.D.C.) dismissed Meshal v. Higgenbotham, a long-outstanding Bivens suit brought by a U.S. citizen who alleged that, while travelling in the Horn…
U.S. Captures Suspected Benghazi “Ringleader” Ahmed abu Khattalah
The breaking news this morning is that the U.S. Special Ops forces have captured Ahmed Abu Khattala, a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. Government…
The Premature Discussion of ISIS and the 2001/2002 AUMFs
Our friends over at Lawfare have been pondering what the legal authority might be for the President to order air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and/or Syria. Such speculation is…
News Roundup and Notes: June 17, 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 Iraqi forces are…
Secrecy and Security: Guardian News vs. AB, CD
As summarised in an earlier post, last week the English Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) gave its decision in Guardian News and Media Ltd v AB and CD (“the Decision”). As…