Jens David Ohlin (Cornell) has an interesting post up at LieberCode in which he discusses a range of LOAC issues raised by CIA involvement in drone strikes. Jens raises the question whether CIA personnel involved in drone strikes can qualify … Read more »
Daniel Cahen, the Legal Advisor to the ICRC’s Regional Delegation for the United States and Canada, responds to my original post on Syria/LOAC with the following guest post:
The publication of an interview about Syria given by my colleague Hicham
Gabor Rona responds to my earlier post (and Kevin Heller’s reply) on Syria and LOAC:
1) I agree fully with Kevin. And let me know if I’ve misunderstood anyone here, but my understanding of the historic ICRC position is
Kevin Heller writes in with the following observation in response to my post yesterday on Syria/LOAC:
I liked your post on Syria and the ICRC, but this statement gave me pause: “The ICRC’s past and present approach to Syria, as
[Update: a responsive post from ICRC's Daniel Cahen is here, and ones from Kevin Heller and Gabor Rona are here and here]
Many papers and sites are today highlighting the fact that the ICRC has stated publicly that … Read more »
Yesterday I posted a lengthy response to Gabor Rona’s critique of the Brennan speech, and Gabor has now replied to my comments. Alas, we seem to be speaking past one another in various ways (for example, I critiqued what I … Read more »
Over at Opinio Juris, Gabor Rona of Human Rights First offers an extended critique of John Brennan’s speech on the use of lethal force. It is an interesting and provocative post, leading me to share a few thoughts in response.… Read more »
Very glad to have joined the Lawfare team. I look forward to more sustained blogging once the spring grading season is over. For now, I’ll offer just a quick thought on the speech John Brennan delivered yesterday, and on the … Read more »
John Brennan’s speech yesterday was important for at least three reasons: (1) it marked the first official White House acknowledgment that “the United States Government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qa’ida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to … Read more »
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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April 30, 2012
Remarks of John O. Brennan – As Prepared for Delivery
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Woodrow Wilson International Center for … Read more »
Last October, I wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post entitled “Will Drone Strikes Become Obama’s Guantanamo?” in which I said that “the administration needs to work harder to explain and defend its use of drones as lawful … Read more »
Further to the prior exchange between myself and Kevin Jon Heller regarding allegations of drone strikes targeting persons in the context of funerals or post-strike rescue activity, Jens David Ohlin has this very enlightening post on the potential gap between … Read more »
Over at Opinio Juris, Kevin Jon Heller responds to my earlier post regarding the BIJ report on drone strikes in Pakistan, and in doing so draws attention to a very interesting question. [Update: see Dapo Akande's follow-up post here]… Read more »
[The following guest post, from Geoff Corn (South Texas College of Law), extends the discussion of the Gotovina decision from Laurie Blanks's guest post yesterday]
On April 15, 2011, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia issued its
[This is the first of two posts concerning the ICTY's Gotovina decision (the ICTY summary of which appears here, and two volumes of trial documents are available here]
Professor Laurie Blank, Director of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic … Read more »
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
In one of the strangest stories I’ve come across in a long time—and there have been many—news reports say an FBI agent shot and killed an Orlando man with ties to deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Ibragim Todashev was not suspected of playing a role in the bombings, but, during questioning, confessed nevertheless to playing a role in a triple homicide in the Boston area. After his confession, Todashev allegedly… Read more »
