Osama Bin Laden Dead
The U.S. Military prevailed in killing Osama Bin Laden. In a firefight stemming from an operation authorized by the Obama White House...
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Jun 8, 20101 min
Editor's Note: NSLB Hiatus Ending
This post is just a quick note to let readers know that the National Security Law Brief is going to resume posting on a modified schedule...
Feb 18, 20101 min
Bellinger Op-Ed in Sunday NYT, Claims Bush and Obama Similar on Int'l Law
In a Sunday Op-Ed piece for the New York Times, John Bellinger, partner at Arnold & Porter (and former Bush State Dept. lawyer) asserted...
Feb 17, 20101 min
Secretary Clinton Asserts that Iran Becoming a Military Dictatorship
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asserted that Iran is turning into a military dictatorship under the Islamic...
Feb 11, 20101 min
Continued Debate on Abdulmutallab's Miranda Warning
After WH Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan went on Meet the Press to point out that relevant congressional leaders were advised of...
Feb 11, 20102 min
Obama White House Will Not Seek ICC Membership
Late last month, as reported by the Jurist (at Pittburgh Law) and discussed at Opiniojuris.org, the White House will not seek ICC...
Feb 4, 20101 min
WH Press Secretary Responds to Sen. Collins
In the latest Republican party weekly address, Maine Senator Susan Collins issued harsh criticisms of the Obama administration’s handling...
Feb 4, 20102 min
China Plans Foreign Military Bases, How the US Should Respond
In a move that is likely calculated to counter US influence abroad, the Chinese government plans to set up military bases beyond its own...
Jan 28, 20101 min
National Security not Among Major Issues in Obama Address
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama highlighted largely domestic issues – health care, job creation, and...
Jan 20, 20101 min
CFR's Adam Segal on Google, China, and Web Censorship
CFR’s Adam Segal, a counterterrorism and national security studies expert, discusses censorship issues in the wake of recent conflict...
Jan 20, 20101 min
TSA Nominee Withdraws From Consideration
Erroll Southers, President Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration, removed his name from consideration for...
Jan 18, 20102 min
MLK, American Aid, and the Crisis in Haiti
Today’s holiday in honor of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. places emphasis on his great efforts in the name of civil rights...
Jan 18, 20101 min
The US and Efforts
As congressional support grows for new sanctions against Iran, senior Obama administration officials have indicated that they will assist...
Jan 13, 20101 min
CFR and 'Ungoverned Spaces'
Earlier this week, the CFR’s Stewart Patrick analyzed ungoverned spaces (such as tribal regions in Yemen or Pakistan) and whether these...
Jan 13, 20101 min
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 6, 20101 min
CFR's Steven Simon on Flight 253 and Intel Reform
Today, on CFR.org’s front page, CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Steven Simon comments on early White House analyses...
Jan 3, 20102 min
Obama's Cybersecurity Czar
President Obama with new Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt. After his May 2009 announcement that he would appoint a main adviser...
Jan 3, 20103 min
Obama: Flight 253 Terror Attempt the Result of 'Systemic Failure'
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, via Wikipedia.org. On Christmas day, Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was the target of a failed...
Dec 11, 20091 min
DoD Fails to Videotape Gitmo Detainee, Held in Contempt
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled that the Department of Defense was in contempt of court for failing to videotape the...
Dec 2, 20092 min
Reactions to President Obama's Afghanistan Speech
Yesterday evening, President Obama’s address at West Point confirmed that the US will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The...
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