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News Roundup and Notes: September 12, 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 Pentagon…
The Bells of September
This September 11th, I traveled with my little boy down the tree-lined beauty of Savannah to Reynolds Square where, amidst the draped Spanish Moss, historic Christ Church rang…
Tentative first reactions to the 2001 AUMF theory [updated]
As I understand it, the Administration’s legal theory, as articulated by a senior official last evening, is something like the following: In 2004, ISIL (then known as al…
Just Security’s One-Year Anniversary Event
As this week’s developments underscore, national security issues are likely to play an increasingly prominent role in the upcoming midterm elections—and in shaping the agenda…
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.…