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The New York Times’s Latest Kill List Story

by Benjamin Wittesvia Lawfare
Monday, April 13, 2015

The New York Times this morning has a story on the internal debate within the administration over whether to capture or kill a U.S. citizen terrorism suspect now facing charges in federal court in New York

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Analysis and Commentary

The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #118: Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai On One Syrian’s Story And One Country’s Tragedy

by Benjamin Wittesvia Lawfare
Saturday, April 11, 2015

When Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai was just shy of 19 years old, she fled her hometown of Damascus, Syria with her family; her parents were facing death threats from the Bashar Assad regime.

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What Might Congress Do To Stop the Obama Administration From Disregarding Congressional Transfer Restrictions In The Course Of Closing GTMO?

by Jack Goldsmithvia Lawfare
Friday, April 10, 2015

Last week I explained how the Obama administration might extend it constitutional arguments for disregarding statutory detainee transfer restrictions in the Bergdahl context to the restrictions on transferring GTMO detainees to the United States.

Political Islam: Will It Bury Us?

by Charles Hillvia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

Said to have “no place in the modern world,” Islamist extremists may bury that modern world.

The American Way of Satire

by Josef Joffevia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

Why don’t US publications skewer religion the way Charlie Hebdo does? For one thing, most Americans don’t think of religion as a menace.

Know Thy Enemy

by Joseph Feltervia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

Identifying the ideological foundations of hostile Islamism may enable us to defeat it.

The Sea the Sharks Swim In

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

Islamist extremists prey on their own people even as they draw strength from them.

Aux Armes!

by Reuel Marc Gerechtvia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

The French are now on the front lines of the struggle against radical Islam. Can they hold it back?

Defend the Offender

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

A healthy society strikes this deal: to be tolerated yourself, you must tolerate what offends you.

Analysis and Commentary

More On The Legal Basis For The Administration’s Disregard Of Congressional Restrictions On Detainee Transfers In The Bergdahl Context, And On The Implications For Closing GTMO

by Jack Goldsmithvia Lawfare
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Last summer I wrote of the administration’s constitutional arguments for disregarding congressional transfer restrictions in swapping the Taliban 5 for Bowe Bergdahl

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