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- November 2011 (5)
- 03: What the Future Holds: Balancing Law, Liberty and National Security (0)
- 13: Lock-up the semester with FedSocs Over-Criminalization event (0)
- 23: Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study in Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence (0)
- 26: Lawfare on my Targeting and Collateral Damage Article (0)
- 30: Short Summary of Collateral Damage/Targeting Piece Now Posted at Lawfare (0)
- October 2011 (2)
- September 2011 (9)
- 01: Collateral Damage and Targeted Killing (0)
- 07: Collateral Damage and Drone Warfare (0)
- 07: Drone Warfare and Collateral Damage (0)
- 11: Pepperdine Remembers 9/11 (0)
- 13: Drones, Targeting, and Civilian Casualties (0)
- 13: Terrorism & Counterterrorism Since the Attack (0)
- 13: Technology & Learning Faculty Conference: Increasing Student Engagement and Measuring Learning with Clickers (0)
- 28: Is There An Ethical Duty to Explore Diversion (A Plea Bargain)? (0)
- 30: The Constitutionality of Killing al-Awlaki (0)
- August 2011 (5)
- 04: “As long as Science magazine continues to run articles of doubtful quality applying simplistic mathematical models to social science, the APSR should… (0)
- 04: If We Can Serve the Same Amount of People, Bring in the Same Amount of Money, but Spend More the Program Will Be a Success (0)
- 06: U.S. official: Killed forces were on Afghanistan rescue mission (0)
- 08: Guiora on Targeted Killing: “Determining a Legitimate Target: The Dilemma of the Decision Maker” (0)
- 27: Required versus Elective Courses in Law Schools (0)
- July 2011 (5)
- 03: Adm. McRaven: Obama administration has no plan for captured terrorists (0)
- 05: Better laws needed to counter cyber attacks (0)
- 05: Global race on to match U.S. drone capabilities (0)
- 29: “[O]ur tuition increase generated $1,455,650 in additional revenue. Of that amount, the School of Law budget increased by only $80,774…” (0)
- 30: What Will We Watch As Drones Evolve? (0)
- June 2011 (10)
- 02: Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy (0)
- 02: Is It Time To End The War on Drugs? My Brief Appearance on Fox News Today (0)
- 05: Keeping an Eye on Government Surveillance (0)
- 06: Targeted Killing and the Rule of Law (0)
- 10: Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens and the Federal Protective Power
- 22: An Analysis of the National Defense Authorization Bill (0)
- 23: Was Killing bin Laden an Illegal “Extrajudicial Execution,” a “War Crime,” or a Lawful Act During Armed Conflict? (0)
- 24: Preventing Violent Radicalization in America (0)
- 24: Revised FBI Guidelines Will Aid Terrorism Fight (0)
- 24: “Thoughts on Innovation in Law Review Publishing” Flashback Time (0)
- May 2011 (14)
- 02: Some Preliminary Thoughts on the Bin Laden Operation (0)
- 02: Pocket Litter, Intel and the Ground Operation (0)
- 02: Guantanamo Interrogations Reportedly Led to Bin Laden (0)
- 02: The Significance of Bin Laden’s Killing (0)
- 02: My Son Will Never Breathe the Same Air as Bin Laden (0)
- 02: What Did Pakistan Know About Bin Laden’s Whereabouts? (0)
- 05: The bin Laden Aftermath: Why Obama Chose SEALs, Not Drones (0)
- 06: Only at the Jersey Shore- The Bin Laden Martini (0)
- 06: Deeks on Pakistani Sovereignty and the UBL Operation (0)
- 11: “Kill Capture”: A live chat with PBS’ Frontline (0)
- 11: U.S. Warned Pakistan on Possible bin Laden Incursions (0)
- 11: The Washington Post’s Jihadist Op-Ed Contributor (0)
- 11: The U.S. Practice of Collateral Damage Estimation and Mitigation (0)
- 12: Enhanced Interrogation: Pro-Con Debate (0)
- April 2011 (6)
- 04: Statement of the Attorney General: Obama’s Decision to Now Prosecute 9/11 Conspirators by Military Commission in Guantanamo (0)
- 06: Statement of Todd Hinnen Regarding, FISA, Roving Surveillaince, Business Records and Lone Wolf Provisions in the USA Patriot Act (0)
- 06: DEA chief: Mexico cartels’ reach affects the world (0)
- 14: Targeted Killing Conference at University of Pennsylvania (0)
- 20: Chronicle: Pepperdine Chooses Growth by Cutting (0)
- 30: Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Guantanamo: What To Do About Seemingly Coerced Statements? (0)
- March 2011 (7)
- 15: Elite U.S. counterterror forces facing cuts (0)
- 17: U.S. Drones Fight Mexican Drug Trade (0)
- 17: Senator Collins on Cyberattack in Mass. (0)
- 18: Christian-Muslim Tension in Egypt: Religious Freedom Must Prevail (0)
- 20: U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigns after public spat over cartels (0)
- 24: 3 accused of plotting to give military weapons to Mexican cartel (0)
- 24: Sharia Law in U.S. Courts (0)
- February 2011 (7)
- 02: Report: Efforts to Secure Nation’s Power Grid Ineffective (0)
- 02: Pepperdine Hosts Condoleeza Rice (0)
- 02: Wikileaks Reveals Some 9/11 Plotters Still at Large (0)
- 03: Senate probe finds gaps persist in preventing domestic attacks (0)
- 07: Miranda and Terror Suspects (0)
- 27: 676 arrested, tons of drugs seized in U.S. bust of Mexican cartels (0)
- 27: Texas Student Charged in Terrorist Plot May Have Targeted Bush (0)
- January 2011 (7)
- 03: Conference: Is Targeted Killing Permissible?: Philosophical, Moral, and Legal Aspects Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th, 2011 (0)
- 07: Officers Leaving the Military: A Recurring Story (0)
- 10: A Cup of Coffee After the Waterboard: Seemingly Voluntary Post-Abuse Statements (0)
- 29: ‘Jihad Jane’ to plead guilty, lawyer says (0)
- 29: White House doesnt shine in cybersecurity grading (0)
- 31: Egypt and Shutting Down the Internet (0)
- 31: Mexican Cartels and Border Violence (0)
- December 2010 (11)
- 03: Happy Chanakuh Iran! (0)
- 09: Will Reading WikiLeaks Cost You A Job? (0)
- 09: Law Enforcement or Intelligence? Divergent Organizational Goals in US Counterterrorism (0)
- 22: President Obama’s Executive Order On Indefinite Detention Will Be A Failure (0)
- 28: Chesney on The NY Times Editorial Page and Its Potentially Misleading Account of the Detention Status Quo (0)
- 29: Must Read Books on Terrorism (0)
- 29: Law School US News Data Mirrors ABA Data (0)
- 30: Policy Paralysis and Homeland Security: A Review of Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism by Stewart Baker (0)
- 31: al Qaeda Bomb Making Manual for Lonewolf Homegrown Terrorists (0)
- 31: In the Mailbag- Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor After Guantanamo (0)
- 31: ABA National Security Law Report: Winter 2010 Issue (0)
- November 2010 (8)
- 09: What Does al-Awlaki Think About Killing Innocents? (0)
- 09: National Security Law Fellowship (0)
- 09: Killing U.S. Citizens: The Legality of U.S. Drone Strikes (0)
- 13: Targeted Assassinations: The Debate on U.S. Policy Regarding American Citizens Designated as Terrorists (0)
- 13: Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula: Affiliated or One and the Same? (0)
- 16: UK agrees to settle for millions of dollars with ex-Guantanamo detainees (0)
- 16: Human Rights Board Member Criticizes Decision To Represent an Active Terrorist (0)
- 28: WikiLeaks and the Media (0)
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- 26: Al-Qaida Shows Signs of Decline- How Terrorist Groups Hurt Themselves (0)
- 26: New Issue: Journal of Conflict & Security Law (0)
- 26: U.S. prosecutors rattle, but don’t break, Mexican cartels (0)
- 27: Zarein Ahmedzay Pleads Guilty to Terror Violations in Connection with Al-Qaeda New York Subway Plot (0)
- March 2010 (6)
- 08: International Law, Child Soldiers and Prisoners Rights (0)
- 08: Debating The Christmas Day Bomber: Detention, Interrogation and Trial (0)
- 09: Jihad Jane- Pennsylvania Terrorist Recruiter (0)
- 25: Harold Koh Speech on Predator Drones and The Obama Administration and International Law (0)
- 25: Miranda on the Battlefield (0)
- 26: Harold Koh- U.S. Government Position on Legality of Drones, UAV’s, and Targeted Killings (0)
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- 03: Can judges and juries win the war on terror?
- 11: Beyond Guantánamo, Obstacles and Options
- 11: Thoughts on Innovation in Law Review Publishing (Part 1 of 2)
- 13: Thoughts on Innovation in Law Review Publishing (Part 2 of 2)
- 15: Structural Failings in Military Commissions
- 20: Amos Guiora at the Authors @ Google Series
- 22: US News Sees Drop in Participation
- July 2008 (6)
- 02: ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security – Writing Competition for Students
- 03: Bush to Close Guantanamo?
- 29: June/July 2008 National Security Report
- 30: Pennsylvania Inside Out: War on Terrorism: Greg McNeal
- 30: HASC Hearing: “Implications of the Supreme Court’s Boumediene Decision for Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Non-governmental Perspective.”
- 31: Miers, Bolton Contempt Case: U.S. House v. Miers et. al.
- June 2008 (7)
- 01: The Evolution and Legality of the Life Settlement Industry (0)
- 13: DC Power Outage
- 17: New Ham Blog
- 18: U.S. v. Amawi Terrorism Convictions
- 18: McCain Campaign & PA Victory 2008 HQ Opening
- 20: Powering Iraq bases with trash—Back to the Future Style
- 20: Young Professionals In Foreign Policy Bash Tonight
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Short Biography
Greg McNeal is a professor and national security specialist focusing on the institutions and challenges associated with global security, with substantive expertise in national security law and policy, transnational crime, global policy studies, and international affairs.
He teaches at Pepperdine University's School of Law and School of Public Policy.Recent Posts
- America’s Reach: The Constitutionality of Targeted Killing
- Does the NDAA Permit the Detention of U.S. Citizens?
- Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study in Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence
- New Approaches to Reducing and Mitigating Harm to Civilians
- NDAA May Put Defense Contractors In Prison For Counterfeit Parts
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