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Drones and the Laws of War
Although the current laws of war can account for drones, technology may quickly outpace the law. Unmanned military technology — of which...
Nov 15, 20114 min read
U.S. Troops to Hunt Down Ugandan Rebel Leader
On October 14, 2011, President Obama sent a letter to Congress regarding the deployment of U.S. troops to central Africa to hunt down...
Oct 16, 20112 min read
U.S. Troops to Hunt Down Ugandan Rebel Leader
On October 14, 2011, President Obama sent a letter to Congress regarding the deployment of U.S. troops to central Africa to hunt down...
Oct 16, 20112 min read
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Pleads Guilty
Umar Farouk Adbdulmutallab, the “Underwear Bomber”, plead guilty to eight counts related to an attempt to blow up a jetliner on Christmas...
Oct 12, 20111 min read
U.S. Born Cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, Killed in Yemen
Reports that U.S. born cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, has been killed in Yemen are surfacing this morning. Al-Awlaki, credited with influencing...
Sep 30, 20111 min read
Lieberman Thinks US is "Safer and Stronger"
Senator Joseph Lieberman (CT) stated today on CNN that he thinks the United States is “safer and stronger” since 9/11. The Senator also...
Sep 4, 20111 min read
Qaddafi's Final Stand?
Will the soon-deposed dictator resort to the use of WMDs in an act of desperation and vengeance? This question, and what must be done to...
Aug 24, 20111 min read
Libya: The Case Against Limitation
The U.S. is expected to hand over control of the Libya mission to NATO, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The...
Apr 19, 20112 min read
Al-Awlaki's operational role: The Government's Sentencing Memo for Abdulmutallab sheds som
In the Justice Department there is a file. In that file is a memo. What that memo says is a total my stery. Well, maybe not a total...
Mar 29, 20114 min read
Experts Challenge Legality of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan
In the past week, U.N. investigators and law professors alike have spoken out concerning the CIA-directed drone strikes on al-Qaeda and...
Oct 23, 20103 min read
White House Hedges on DADT Ruling, DOJ May Appeal
Despite support for Judge Virginia A. Phillips’ calling for the military to “suspend and discontinue” enforcement of the Don’t Ask, Don’t...
Oct 16, 20101 min read
Medical Experimentation on Detainees
In a review of The Torture Papers—a collection of investigations by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)—Professor Steven Vladeck says that...
Jun 11, 20102 min read
Legality of drone attacks questioned
In a subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Congress sought to explore the legality of unmanned drone attacks, a controversial and politically...
Apr 30, 20101 min read
Super Tunnels: The Significance of Sophisticated Passages Below the Southwest Border
The nearly 2,000-mile border between the United States and Mexico symbolizes much of what is dissatisfying about the practical realities...
Jan 22, 20103 min read
WCL's Kenneth Anderson on Nat'l Journal Targeted Killings Issues
Last week at Opiniojuris.org, WCL Professor Kenneth Anderson discussed and linked to two National Journal articles on UAV killings. The...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
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