Recent Articles
Charlie Savage on Obama, GTMO and “Our Values”
Over on his blog, Charlie Savage has generously published a very thoughtful response to my post about his New York Times article, with Scott Shane, on the falsity of political…
Updated Readers’ Guide to Airstrikes in Syria
With the Syrian government and rebel groups well into the second week of a “cessation of hostilities agreement” intended to pave the way for a peace process between the government…
War Crimes and the Use of Improvised and Indiscriminate Weapons in Syria
Editor’s note: This is the latest in a continuing series about alleged war crimes in Syria. You can find the previous installments here and here. While several sides of the conflict…
The Early Edition: March 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. SURVEILLANCE, PRIVACY and…
DOJ’s appeal to district court judge from Magistrate Orenstein’s rejection of Apple All Writs Act order
is here; I have not yet read it. It will be considered by Judge Margo Brodie.
Reminder: You Should Care About Mass Surveillance, Even if You’ve Done Nothing Wrong
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…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, March 7–11
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. It’s a light week on the Hill: The House is out of session, but will return next…
Closing Guantánamo: Before You Accuse Congress, Take a Look at Your Administration
Five years ago today, President Obama issued Executive Order 13567, which established the Periodic Review Board (PRB) process to review every “forever” detainee in Guantánamo…
Excellent summary of GTMO myths . . . and a classic case of the “false equivalence fallacy”
A while back I wrote here about how remarkably successful President Obama’s efforts have been to fundamentally transform, to the point of elimination, the U.S. practice of…
The Early Edition: March 7, 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 An Islamic…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (February 27–March 4)
I. Syria & International Law Oona Hathaway, Partition of Syria as Plan B?: The Case for Caution (Monday, February 29) Jonathan Horowitz, Guest Post: A Primer on the “Cessation…
Are People in Islamic State Training Camps Legitimate Targets?
As of March 1st, the US-led anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition had conducted a total of 10,715 strikes, including 7,159 in Iraq and 3,556 in Syria. Much concern has been expressed…