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Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
Benjamin Wittes is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. He co-founded and is the editor-in-chief of the Lawfare blog, which is devoted to sober and serious discussion of "Hard National Security Choices," and is a member of the Hoover Institution's Task Force on National Security and Law. He focuses on legal issues surrounding the war on terrorism and national security, judicial nominations and confirmations, and the federal courts. | View Full Bio
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@CareyCuprisin The answer to what is "no"?
Oct 07
RT @BobbyChesney: Hilary Mantel's keen take on detention, prosecution, and special tribunals...from 1992. Fascinating! http://t.co/8gMLXfIp2j @hilarymantel
@MikePJD Welcome to the dark side...
RT @BobbyChesney: Thoughts on Legal Issues Raised by the Baraawe Raid and the Tripoli Rendition » Lawfare http://t.co/V3gSCgRRX6 via @lawfareblog
@SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen …of active conflict, and (2) use of drone (as opposed to some other weapon) given a decision to use force.
Oct 06
@SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen I just think the shorthand (used by both sides) blurs two distinct issues: (1) use of TK outside of zone ...
@SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen no, but it is very common for critics of TK to frame their arguments as criticisms of drone strikes.
@SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen It would be much better if we all could--as you and I do--when discussing TKs, not use "drone" as shorthand.
@SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen It's a two-way miscommunication. People who criticize drone strikes often make a fetish of the technology.
@J_T_Horowitz @SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen @janraudszus @BobbyChesney the general point is don't confuse the policy with the platform.
@J_T_Horowitz @SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen @janraudszus @BobbyChesney what is or may be different is civilian collateral damage analysis.
@J_T_Horowitz @SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen @janraudszus @BobbyChesney don't think the sovereignty analysis is different with gun v. drone.
@SarahKnuckey @gregorydjohnsen @janraudszus @BobbyChesney If legal to kill someone with a gun, legal to kill him with a drone. If not, not.
RT @lawfareblog: Robert Chesney: "Thoughts on Legal Issues Raised by the Baraawe Raid and the Tripoli Rendition." http://t.co/VHrYqTEBzB
@hrgilman hmmm. you're on my schedule for tomorrow morning, you follow me on twitter, and you already follow @lauracdean. interesting.
.lauracdean's Cairo Diary: Repression and Depression http://t.co/zxc9CKy6XR
@tanvi_madan yup
Oct 05
Link for quote: http://t.co/slAy5vN1aL
McRaven: "I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up."
RT @steve_vladeck: Via @lawfareblog, audio of Monday's @gwlaw @GWFedSoc #NSA/#FISA debate w/ @OrinKerr, @benjaminwittes, & me: http://t.co/6p4Wujq3N5
Oct 04
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"If it's lawful, ethical and moral to use force, then it's lawful, ethical and moral to use drones."
Source: New Zealand Herald
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