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The Early Edition: August 12, 2016
IRAQ and SYRIA US backed forces launched a final assault on the Syrian city of Manbij, close to the Turkish border in Syria, today. [Reuters] There was no sign of Russia’s promised…
The Early Edition: August 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 Russia announced…
British Forces Hit the Islamic State With ‘the Punisher’ – the Legality of Airburst Munitions
A few days ago, it was reported that British special forces had used a deadly new weapon, nicknamed the Punisher, in a confrontation with ISIL in the Libyan city of Sirte (see…
The Early Edition: August 10, 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 Rebels fighting…
The Early Edition: August 9, 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 Syrian…
Chemical Weapons Use Returns to Syria
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: August 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. IRAQ and SYRIA Syrian rebel…
The Presidential Policy Guidance for targeting and capture outside Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria
Kudos to the ACLU for having compelled the government to release a fairly modestly redacted version of the May 2013 Presidential Policy Guidance, which “establishes the…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Aug. 1- 5)
I. Cybersecurity, the DNC Hack, and Privacy Jennifer Daskal and Andrew K. Woods, Congress Should Embrace the DOJ’s Cross-Border Data Fix (Monday, Aug. 1) Ido Kilovaty, The…
Today’s Important Deadline in the ACLU’s Targeted-Killing Transparency Case
Today, more than three years after President Obama announced that he had issued a classified “Presidential Policy Guidance,” commonly known as the PPG, meant to govern the…
The Early Edition: August 5, 2016
IRAQ and SYRIA The Islamic State may have captured up to 3,000 civilians fleeing Iraqi villages yesterday, subsequently executing 12 of them, the UNHCR – the UN’s refugee agency…
Cybersecurity, Elections, and Critical Infrastructure at Home and Abroad
In the last few days, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco have both suggested that in the wake of the DNC hack, the United States…