In the past month Rita Siemion of Human Rights First has penned three posts over on Just Security (here, here, and here) with a common feature: a call for more transparency from the U.S. government...
One of the main reasons Lawfire exists is to serve those readers who sense that they are not getting the full story about national and international security issues. In my experience the major media outlets very...
It is understandably challenging for journalists to translate the sometimes complex legal concepts of international law for a general audience. However, when it is the New York Times, and the reporters involved are highly-regarded,...
In recent years there has been much discussion about the “weaponization” of social media. This past week my friend, retired Special Forces colonel Dave Maxwell (who is now a Georgetown University professor), has weighed-in...
As a veteran, I’ve always found Colin Kaepernick’s disrespect of the flag at NFL games to be insulting to all Americans, and especially to those who’ve served in uniform in the military (and in...
Recently a reporter sent me a link to a new article by my friend Phil Carter entitled “Unpresidential Command” which references my “Coup of 2012” essay from several decades back (1992). The reporter said...
May I invite you to take a look at a just-published post over on Just Security entitled “There Is Much More to a Civilian Casualty Investigation than Eyewitness Accounts”? It’s a response to a...
Today I participated along with Human Rights Watch’s Sarah Margon on NPR’s Morning Edition in a segment (“Civilians in Mosul Remain Trapped”) hosted by Rachel Martin. We discussed the issue of civilian casualties in...
The 60 Minutes segment (“Should the U.S. government pay ransom money?”) that aired January 8th addressed U.S. policies in situations where Americans are held hostage by terrorists. It focused on the tragic case of...
One of the most frustrating things about the drone debate is that so many of the critics (in the media especially) complain about the government’s alleged lack of transparency, yet fail themselves to give...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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