by harvardnsj | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
As part of the continuing war in Afghanistan, the United States has made extensive use of unmanned Predator drones to carry out reconnaissance as well as armed strikes. On Monday The New York Times reported that a U.S. drone killed three militants in North...
by Jonathan Abrams | Feb 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Jonathan Abrams, NSJ Staff Editor – On March 23rd, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments concerning the power of a federal judge to compel the Executive to admit detainees into the United States. But a two sentence order issued by the Court...
by harvardnsj | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Representative Candace Miller (R-MI) has introduced H.R. 4415, the Terrorist Detention and Prosecution Act of 2010. The bill expands the definition of unlawful enemy combatant, codified at 10 U.S.C. § 948 to include persons determined by the President to be closely...
by harvardnsj | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill points to the recent deaths of three United States special forces soldiers in Pakistan as further evidence of the existence of an extensive, but classified American military presence in that country. Scahill highlights a number of reasons...
by John Thorlin | Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
By John Thorlin, NSJ Staff Editor – Writing for the Yale Journal of International Law, Prof. Robert Sloane of the Boston University School of Law delves into the national security variant of the old debate about ends and means–the distinction and...
by harvardnsj | Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Writing for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Center for Preventive Action, Steven Simon sets out to “assesses the likelihood of an Israeli strike against Iran despite U.S. objections, the implications for the United States should it take place, the policy options...
