Transnational Crime

Discussing the Global Commission on Drug Policy report on Fox News Channel.

Congressional Testimony

My testimony regarding the U.S. Strategy for Countering Jihadist Websites, before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Transcript, and Webcast.

Why Obama Chose SEALS Not Drones

This article discusses the legal concerns that necessitated a raid rather than a bombing operation against Bin Laden.
Full Article

Collateral Damage and Targeted Killings

The U.S. Practice of Collateral Damage Estimation and Mitigation Available now at SSRN
http://bit.ly/collateraldamage1

 
From the monthly archives: November 2008

Blog Symposium on Boumediene and Guantanamo

By On November 26, 2008

Security Law Brief, run by the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law, is hosting a blog symposium on closing Guantanamo, and the significance of Judge Leon’s decision last week in Boumediene.

They kicked things off today with a post titled “Definitions Matter: An Early Reaction To Judge Leon’s Boumediene Decision” [...]

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Advice for the Next Administration and Congress

By On November 5, 2008

The ABA recently published the Sep./Oct. issue of the National Security Law Report (I’m the editor). The issue is entitled “Advice for the Next Administration and Congress” and it features a pretty balanced set of recommendations for President-Elect Obama and the Democrat Congress:

Judge James E. Baker (U.S. Court of Appeals for [...]

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