The Oxford Union has now made available on YouTube the speech Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson gave there on November 30. We posted the text of the speech at the time; Jack commented on it earlier, as did Human Rights … Read more »
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with this comment on Jeh Johnson’s Oxford Speech:
Ken and Jack are right that DoD General Counsel Jeh Johnson, in his remarks at the Oxford Union, made a serious attempt to
In his response to Andrea Prasow, Ben suggests that, in continuing to object to military commissions that have been blessed by two Congresses and both the Bush and Obama Administrations, “Human Rights Watch sound[s] a bit like conservatives will … Read more »
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with the following reaction to my comments yesterday on the New York Times‘s Room for Debate exchange over military commissions:
Ben bemoans the New York Times Room for Debate feature on
The other day, in response to Raha Wala’s comments on Hedges, I promised to address the First Amendment question at the heart of Judge Forrest’s ruling—a promise that seems to have excited David Remes. Steve Vladeck, however, beat … Read more »
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with the following response to my comments on Hedges. My thoughts follow his critique and very-cautious defense of Judge Forrest:
Ben’s post on Judge Forrest’s opinion in Hedges I think provided
Trevor Morrison of Columbia Law School writes in with the following response to my earlier post about Raha Wala’s use of the word “government.” His point is quite correct; my phraseology, about which he complains, was imprecise. I pass on … Read more »
In his reply to Jack, Raha Wala of Human Rights Watch concludes: “I think the big question is why, as a matter of policy, the government continues to insist on using untested military commissions for international terrorism cases when … Read more »
Below Raha Wala of Human Rights First responds to my to my post on mission creep in NGO demands concerning military commissions. I think that a comparison of these complaints and concerns with the 2002 complaints and concerns supports rather … Read more »
By Marty Lederman and Steve Vladeck*
[Cross-posted at OpinioJuris]
Section 1021 of the NDAA and the Laws of War
In our companion post, we explained that section 1021 of the NDAA will not have the dramatic effects that … Read more »
By Marty Lederman and Steve Vladeck*
[Cross-posted at OpinioJuris]
Editorial pages and blogs have been overrun in the past couple of weeks with analyses and speculation about the detainee provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, which the President … Read more »
Raha Wala of Human Rights First has rewritten Bobby and my NDAA FAQ. Here is his very commendable effort:
While I agree that much of he public discussion of the NDAA provisions has been hyperbolic, I also think there’s much
Further to the exchange between myself and Steve Vladeck regarding Section 1031 of the SASC version of the NDAA FY ’12, Raha Wala (Human Rights First) writes in with the following thoughtful comments and concerns about my last post [note: … Read more »
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with the following objections to my analysis of the Anwar Al-Aulaqi killing:
I don’t know if killing Aulaqi was legal because I don’t know what factual basis there was for it. But
John Dehn (West Point) has responded to Raha Wala (Human Rights First) in the latest round of their ongoing exchange relating to military commissions. Addressing Raha’s most recent post, John writes:
I enjoyed reading Raha Wala’s thoughtful response to
A little while back I posted comments from Raha Wala (Human Rights First) concerning military commissions. Those comments have spurred the following response from John Dehn (West Point), which appears below:
I read Raha Wala’s comments about military commissions last
In January I wrote a short piece for Foreign Policy arguing that the current military commission system is much less problematic than some critics claim though also not the ideal solution some perceive it to be. Among other things, the … Read more »
Over at the Huffington Post and again at Human Rights First’s blog, Raha Wala (Law and Security Fellow, Georgetown) argues that I am arm-in-arm with Marc Thiessen and Andy McCarthy in “declaring victory” over the administration’s decision to allow … Read more »
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Leading the news: President Obama speaks today at the National Defense University on counterterrorism policy. Many are previewing the speech, including John. According to the New York Times’s Charlie Savage and Peter Baker, Obama will announce more stringent targeting criteria for non-battlefield strikes. This approach will govern the use of force against both citizens and non-citizens.
Here are the Washington … Read more »
