by Greg McNeal | Sep 13, 2011 | Archive
On Thursday, September 15th I will be presenting a paper entitled “Drones, Targeting, and Civilian Casualties” at Loyola University New Orleans- College of Law and at the Louisiana State University- Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
by Greg McNeal | Sep 7, 2011 | Archive
On September 8th I will be presenting “Collateral Damage and Drone Warfare” at the University of Idaho College of Law. The free event begins at 6pm and is open to the public. Refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity for...
by Greg McNeal | Sep 7, 2011 | Archive
On September 8th I will be presenting “Collateral Damage and Drone Warfare” at Gonzaga University School of Law. The free event begins at noon and is open to the public. Refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity for Q&A.
by Greg McNeal | Sep 1, 2011 | Archive
I will be presenting research at Tulane University School of Law on Thursday, September 1st. The talk is entitled “Collateral Damage and Targeted Killing” and is based on my work in progress entitled Collateral Damage and Accountability. Professor...
by Greg McNeal | Jun 24, 2011 | Archive
Over at PrawfsBlawg Jen Kreder authored two posts about publishing in on-line law reviews (her contributions are here and here). In light of that I thought I would repost my 2008 two-part blog post entitled “Thoughts on Innovation in Law Review Publishing”...
by Greg McNeal | Jun 10, 2011 | Archive
My essay The Federal Protective Power and Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens is now available at CATO-Unbound.org. The essay is a response to Ryan Alford’s interesting historical piece entitled Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards a shorter version of his lengthier law...
by Greg McNeal | Jun 6, 2011 | Archive
CATO’s June 2011 issue of Unbound is entitled “Targeted Killing and the Rule of Law” An excerpt: When can the executive lawfully kill? The rule of law itself depends on getting the answer right. Clearly that answer can’t be “never,” because then even...
by Greg McNeal | Jun 2, 2011 | Archive, Media Appearances
Here is the video from my brief appearance on Fox News Today.
by Greg McNeal | May 11, 2011 | Archive
I’ve posted to () the abstract for my piece entitled . Here are the details: This paper explains how the U.S. military estimates and mitigates the impact of conventional weapons on collateral persons and objects in most military operations involving...
by Greg McNeal | May 5, 2011 | Archive
I’m reposting (with permission) a piece that was just published by Foreign Policy magazine entitled The Bin Laden Aftermath: Why Obama Chose SEALs, Not Drones. Why did the United States choose to launch a raid against al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s...
by Greg McNeal | May 2, 2011 | Archive
Beyond confirming that Bin Laden was actually the person killed in Abottabad, what is the significance of troops being on the ground to conduct the Bin Laden Operation? Can their presence lead us to the new #1 in al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri? In the coming days we...
by Greg McNeal | May 2, 2011 | Archive
I’m guest blogging over at Opinio Juris, below is a repost of something I wrote there: First off, there is a lot of talk about this operation being a “human operation” involving special operations forces. Some readers may assume that this meant there were no...
by Greg McNeal | Apr 14, 2011 | Archive
I’m very excited about my upcoming participation in a conference at The University of Pennsylvania Law School. The conference is entitled “Using Targeted Killing to Fight the War on Terror: Philosophical, Moral and Legal Challenges.” Here is the...
by Greg McNeal | Jun 7, 2010 | Archive
This story in the Washington Times will make you sick. At Reagan National Airport passengers on overbooked flights refused to give up their seats so a family could accompany their Marine son home for his funeral. A few volunteers stepped up, but not enough, and...
by Greg McNeal | Jul 24, 2009 | Archive, Media Appearances
UPDATE: The radio show is now available for download. Click here to listen or download. Tomorrow morning from 9am-10am (Thursday July 23, 2009) I will appear for an hour on “Smart Talk” WITF-89.5FM and 93.3FM. The topic is Guantanamo, the detainee task...