On March 3, 2017 I will be a panelist at the 2017 Stanford Technology Law Review symposium. The agenda appears below:
Regulating Disruption: Responding to Emerging Technologies
All events will be held at Stanford Law School
Friday, March 3, 2017
Kill-Lists and Accountability, a public lecture at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law. November 12, 2012 7 p.m.
In targeted killings, who creates the “kill list?” Who approves the names on the list? How is the targeted killing executed? Who is responsible
THE LAW OF CYBER WARFARE: CAN THE CURRENT LEGAL REGIME HACK IT?
Presented by the American University International Law Review and National Security Law Brief
November 8, 2012 10:30 am – 2:30 pm American University Washington College of
On Friday, April 6, 2012 I will be participating in a debate at The University of California, Davis School of Law. The topic is “America’s Reach: The Constitutionality of Targeted Killing.” The speech is sponsored by the ACLU and the
Over at Forbes, where I write a column on Law, Policy and National Security, I’ve posted a piece entitled NDAA May Put Defense Contractors In Prison For Counterfeit Parts. Here is an excerpt:
The NDAA, which was passed
On September 14, 2011 Pepperdine University will be hosting its Inaugural Technology & Learning Faculty Conference. I will be presenting on Increasing Student Engagement and Measuring Learning with Clickers.
Here is an excerpt from the program:
Professor of Law
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
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
I’ve posted to SSRN (https://bit.ly/collateraldamage1) the abstract for my piece entitled The U.S. Practice of Collateral Damage Estimation and Mitigation. Here are the details:
This paper explains how the U.S. military estimates and mitigates the impact of conventional weapons on
The great Tom Joscelyn, writing at The Weekly Standard has posted The Washington Post’s Jihadist Op-Ed Contributor.
He provides 5 reasons why the Post should have thought twice before giving Moazzam Begg space to comment. With all deference to Tom, I’m
Reuters reports that according to current and former U.S. officials, both the Obama and Bush administrations ‘repeatedly’ indicated to Pakistan that they would send U.S. forces into Pakistan if the White House obtained information that deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin
“Kill Capture”: A live chat with PBS’ Frontline: Tonight, PBS Frontline is airing ‘Kill/Capture,’ a six-month investigation into the U.S. military’s program of targeted killings in Afghanistan. The military says these raids have taken some 12,000 insurgents off the
Ashley Deeks has posted Pakistan’s Sovereignty and the Killing of Osama bin Laden.
(h/t Lawfare)
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
An interesting story via NPR: What Did Pakistan Know About Bin Laden’s Whereabouts?:
The discovery of Osama bin Laden in that compound — not far from the Pakistani capital Islamabad — raises all kinds of questions about what Pakistan knew