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Continued Oversight Of The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act : Hearing Before The S. Committee On The Judiciary, 113th Cong., October 2, 2013 (Remarks By Professor Laura K. Donohue, Geo. U. L. Center), Laura K. Donohue

Testimony Before Congress

Congress introduced the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to make use of new technologies and to enable the intelligence community to obtain information vital to U.S. national security, while preventing the National Security Agency (NSA) and other federal intelligence-gathering entities from engaging in broad domestic surveillance. The legislature sought to prevent a recurrence of the abuses of the 1960s and 1970s that accompanied the Cold War and the rapid expansion in communications technologies.

Congress purposefully circumscribed the NSA’s authorities by limiting them to foreign intelligence gathering. It required that the target be a foreign power or an agent thereof, …

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University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Cyber Utilities Infrastructure And Government Contracting, Corey P. Gray

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Sun Tzu’S Battle For Your Footnotes: The Emergent Role Of Libraries In Judicial Warfare, Mark Mccary

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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The Eyes Of The World: Charges, Challenges, And Guantánamo Military Commissions After Hamdan Ii, Christina M. Frohock

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

Guantánamo military commissions are under a spotlight, scrutinized by the judiciary and the public. Just the word “Guantánamo” can trigger impassioned reactions from both advocates and detractors. This article takes a measured view, examining a recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Hamdan v. United States (“Hamdan II”), that speaks to the legitimacy of military commissions convened in Guantánamo to try the September 11th defendants and others. While several media commentators seized on the opinion as striking a blow to Guantánamo proceedings, in fact the opinion approves military commissions and offers a roadmap for prosecutors. …

Non-State Armed Groups And Technology: The Humanitarian Tragedy At Our Doorstep?, Colonel Dave Wallace, Major Shane Reeves

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

Technological advances are altering the contemporary asymmetric conflicts between non-­‐state armed groups and state actors. This article discusses the humanitarian consequences of these changing conflicts by first illustrating the dangers posed by non-­‐state armed groups gaining access to advanced technologies. A subsequent examination of the increasing ability of non-­‐state armed groups to use new technologies, such as cyber operations, to mitigate state actor advantages and the resultant risks to civilian populations follows. The article concludes that the humanitarian challenges presented by this growing intimacy between non-­‐state armed groups and technology, whether through a potentially devastating attack or by the dramatic …

Terrorism, Ticking Time-­‐Bombs, And Torture: A Philosophical Analysis, By Fritz Allhoff, Krysta Ku

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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The Application Of The Administrative Procedure Act To Private-­‐Public Sector Partnerships In Homeland Security, Michael James Weiss

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

Increasingly, the U.S. federal government is turning to the use of private-­public sector partnerships (“PPP”), especially in the area of homeland security. Although these partnerships have numerous benefits, there are several problems that arise in their practice, particularly when they are used in homeland security.

This note will outline and detail these problems, including deputization, excessive congressional oversight, and management and accountability. In addition, this note will present solutions to resolving the issue of centralization. In other words, this note will advocate for a single agency that implements, manages, and creates rules for all PPPs within the Department of Homeland …

Separate But Equal Accountability: The Case Of Omar Khadr, Grantland Lyons

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

This Note addresses the question of whether to hold child combatants or their commanders accountable for war crimes, and if so, how and to what extent. The author ultimately concludes that child combatants and their commanders should be held equally accountable for their actions, but by measures that appropriately balance individual and public interests in rehabilitation, reintegration, and deterrence.

The Note focuses on Omar Khadr, a former child combatant, while using other cases as a reference point for current international legal norms. The author analyzes Khadr’s combatant status review, subsequent legal proceedings, detention, and sentence in light of various legal …

Law As Shield, Law As Sword: The Icc’S Lubanga Decision, Child Soldiers And The Perverse Mutualism Of Participation, Chris Jenks

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

The International Criminal Court’s Lubanga decision has been hailed as a landmark ruling heralding an end to impunity for those who recruit and employ children in armed conflict and a pivotal victory for the protection of children. Overlooked amidst this self-­‐congratulation is that the ICC incorrectly applied the law governing civilian participation in hostilities which perversely places child soldiers at greater risk of being attacked. The Court created a false distinction between active and direct participation in hostilities. Expanding the kinds and types of behaviors that constitute children actively participating in hostilities expanded Lubanga¹s liability. But under the law of …

Ungoverned Spaces, Transnational Crime, And The Prohibition On Extraterritorial Enforcement Jurisdiction In International Law, Dan E. Stigall

Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law

This Article explicates the international legal framework governing State action against transnational crime; it also explores the disparity in what international law permits military actors to do in situations of armed conflict versus what actions civilians may undertake in the course of extraterritorial law enforcement operations. This Article argues that the trend of militarization in the U.S. approach to transnational crime law is, in part, a function of this legal disparity and that this trend could be reversed a degree if international law recognized a greater degree of flexibility for certain limited categories of extraterritorial law enforcement actions by civilian …

New York Times V. U.S.: Implications And Relevance In The 21st Century, Maria E. Lombardi

Student Publications

In 1971, the New York Times released the first installment in a series later referred to as the Pentagon Papers that would eventually have significant political, social, and historical impacts that are felt even in the 21st Century. Following the first release, President Nixon’s administration sought an injunction against the publication of the remaining contents of the classified study, ultimately becoming an extensive legal process that culminated in the Supreme Court. In a per curiam opinion, the Court ruled that in accordance with Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe and Near v. Minnesota that the federal government did not …

Targeting And The Concept Of Intent, Jens David Ohlin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

International law generally prohibits military forces from intentionally targeting civilians; this is the principle of distinction. In contrast, unintended collateral damage is permissible unless the anticipated civilian deaths outweigh the expected military advantage of the strike; this is the principle of proportionality. These cardinal targeting rules of international humanitarian law are generally assumed by military lawyers to be relatively well settled. However, recent international tribunals applying this law in a string of little-noticed decisions have completely upended this understanding. Armed with criminal law principles from their own domestic systems, often civil law jurisdictions, prosecutors, judges and even scholars have progressively …

From Pokhara To Kandahar: The Two Hundred Year Journey Of The Force That Made Nepal Famous, Elijah Wohl

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The Gurkhas are renown throughout the world for their fighting skills, their bravery, and their loyalty to the British Crown. Much has been written on their distinguished history, but traditional literature on the Gurkhas leaves several questions unanswered. How did the Gurkhas come to be as a fighting force for the British Empire when the British never occupied Nepal? How have they survived the independence of India and the subsequent dismantling of the British Empire? And what will the future of the Gurkhas be? Will they continue their two centuries of service to the British Crown? Or will they become …

On Monday's Argument In Al-Bahlul, Peter Margulies

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Parameters – Full Issue, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

Dilemmas for US Strategy: David S. Sorenson, Gregory Aftandilian, Richard W. Weitz, Dennis V. Hickey. US Landpower in Regional Focus: Kimberly Field, James Learmont, Jason Charland, W. Andrew Terrill, John R. Deni. Lessons From Limited Wars: Todd R. Greentree, David C. Brooks

The Abu Ghraib Convictions: A Miscarriage Of Justice, Robert Bejesky

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

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From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Book Reviews, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Regionally Aligned Forces: Business Not As Usual, Kimberly Field, James Learmont, Jason Charland

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Strategic Landpower And The Arabian Gulf, W. Andrew Terrill

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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A War Examined: Afghanistan, Todd R. Greentree

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Imbalance In The Taiwan Strait, Dennis V. Hickey

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Us Options In Syria, David S. Sorenson

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Transition In Afghanistan, Richard W. Weitz

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Examining Warfare In Wi-Fi: A Review, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Cutting Losses: Ending Limited Interventions, David C. Brooks

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Cyberwar To Wikiwar: Battles For Cyberspace, Paul Rexton Kan

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Commentaries And Replies, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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