I. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State
- Steve Vladeck, Letter to President Obama on 2001 AUMF Sunset (Tuesday, Feb. 10)
- Just Security, White House Sends Proposed ISIL AUMF to Congress (Full Text) (Wednesday, Feb. 11)
- Just Security, Video of How to End the Forever War and Fight ISIL: Q&A with Harold Koh (Wednesday, Feb. 11)
- Ken Gude, Guest Post: Don’t Overvalue a Sunset in the AUMF: Start Talking About the Conditions When Wars Could End (Wednesday, Feb. 11)
- Just Security, Reader’s Guide to Just Security Analysis for an ISIL AUMF [Updated] (Wednesday, Feb. 11)
- Marty Lederman, Suggestions for Clarifying/Amending the President’s Draft ISIL AUMF (Thursday, Feb. 12)
- Ryan Goodman, Obama’s Forever War Starts Now (Thursday, Feb. 12)
- Ryan Goodman, What Do Public Opinion Polls on President’s AUMF Proposal Really Say? (Friday, Feb. 13)
- Megan Graham, Sens. Cardin and Murphy Offer Up Bill to Sunset 2001 AUMF (Friday, Feb. 13)
II. Detention & Trials
- Marty Lederman, “Gag Order” on Military Commission Defendants Substantially Lifted (Monday, Feb. 9)
- Jennifer Daskal, Challenging the Guantánamo Narrative: “Too Dangerous to Transfer” (Monday, Feb. 9)
III. Surveillance and Privacy
- Brett Max Kaufman & Patrick C. Toomey, Guest Post: Surveillance and the Vanishing Right to Know (Tuesday, Feb. 10)
- Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Guest Post: Key Questions for Today’s Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing With Nicholas Rasmussen (Thursday, Feb. 12)
- Margo Schlanger, Guest Post: US Intelligence Reforms Still Allow Plenty of Suspicionless Spying on Americans (Friday, Feb. 13)
IV. Congress
- Megan Graham, National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, February 9-13 (Monday, Feb. 9)
- Andy Wright, The 114th Congress and Formal Committee Oversight Reports and Planning (Thursday, Feb. 12)
V. Events
- Laura Donohue, Panel Preview: Trial Issues in Terrorism Cases (JNSL&P Symposium on Terrorism Trials) (Tuesday, Feb. 10)