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The Early Edition: July 12, 2016
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 US is…
Guest Post: What is FBI Director Comey Doing?
Amidst the furor following the FBI and Justice Department’s decision not to charge Hillary Clinton for the handling of her State Department emails, there has been much less attention…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, July 11–15
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters this week. Monday, July 11 5:00pm – House Rules – Meeting to Discuss the No 2H2O from Iran Act (HR…
What the Chilcot Report Teaches Us About National Security Lawyering
This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
The Early Edition: July 11, 2016
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 Defense Secretary…
A quick response to John Merriam on proportionality and military medical personnel
Thanks very much to John Merriam for his very thoughtful and insightful post responding to my concerns about the Law of War Manual‘s treatment of how the principle of proportionality…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (July 2–8)
I. Targeted Killing & Civilian Casualties Sarah Knuckey, The Good and Bad in the US Government’s Civilian Casualties Announcement (Saturday, July 2) II. Law of Armed Conflict…
Call for Papers: AALS Section on National Security Law
We received word from our friend Dakota Rudesill of a call for papers that is likely of interest to some Just Security readers, particularly junior faculty members in the legal…
Must Military Medical and Religious Personnel Be Accounted for in a Proportionality Analysis?
In a recent post, Marty Lederman echoed criticisms previously leveled by Oona Hathaway about the US DOD’s Law of War Manual. The thrust of their criticism is that several Manual…
The CMCR’s Latest (Non-)Decision in al-Nashiri [UPDATED with links to supplemental briefs]
After a very long delay, and a couple of new presidential appointments of military judges to the court (resolving one of the two serious structural problems Steve has described…
The Early Edition: July 8, 2016
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. NATO SUMMIT President Obama…
Whose World Is This?: US and UK Government Hacking
On both sides of the Atlantic, we are witnessing the dramatic expansion of government hacking powers. In the United States, a proposed amendment to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules…