Yesterday, the AP released an English translation of what appears to be a 2011 Al Qaeda tip sheet. (AP journalists evidently found the document in Timbuktu.) Its author, AQAP senior commander Abdullah bin Mohammed, catalogs twenty-two handy methods by … Read more »
As is now familiar to everyone, rather difficult questions arise when we discuss the scope of the AUMF, the current scope of “al Qaeda,” the meaning of “associated forces,” and the circumstances under which the president may have inherent authority … Read more »
The Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law is releasing a series of short essays entitled “Second Term Challenges at the Intersection of National Security and Law.” The task force, of which I and several other Lawfare contributors … Read more »
At this hour, Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson is giving the following speech at the Oxford Union in England:
“The Conflict Against Al Qaeda and its Affiliates: How Will It End?”
Jeh Charles Johnson
General Counsel of the U.S. Department
Further to Bobby’s and my posts on news reports of US government discussions around ways to address groups such as AQIM taking root in Africa – including discussion of US military and intelligence advisers, among other policy alternatives – Ashley … Read more »
Bobby posted a day ago about an important Wall Street Journal news story talking about the US government considering options for pursuing an increasing active and dangerous branch-franchise-affiliate of Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). They include … Read more »
Monday, June 17, 2013
As John noted over the weekend, Clifford Sloan has been selected as the Department of State’s envoy for closing the GTMO detention center. Here are the Washington Post story and Politico story on the decision.
The Guardian has released yet another wave of classified materials, this time from the British agency GCHQ. They indicate that foreign government officials’ communications were monitored during international conferences.… Read more »
