By
Benjamin Wittes
Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 7:50 AM
Two weeks ago, I posted a question for Atlantic blogger Jeffrey Goldberg in light of some remarks he made to Nick Baumann of Mother Jones objecting to the targeting of Anwar Al Aulaqi. Goldberg had expressed admiration for the pure … Read more »
By
Benjamin Wittes
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Over at Mother Jones, Nick Baumann offers a thoughtful response to my post yesterday, which in turn responded to his earlier post on Al Aulaqi. I don’t mean to respond further, since I think the exchange as it … Read more »
By
Benjamin Wittes
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Over at Mother Jones, Nick Baumann accuses me of arguing against straw terrorists. Quoting a Lawfare post from a little while back in which I posited that the alternative to reserving the option of lethal force against Anwar Al Aulaqi … Read more »
By
Benjamin Wittes
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 5:59 PM
I have a lot of regard for Jeffrey Goldberg, and partly for that reason, I’m a little taken aback by these comments made to Mother Jones concerning Anwar Al-Aulaqi. Goldberg has been on overdrive recently about new airport security … Read more »