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27 Feb 2012, 7:59 am by Raffaela Wakeman
Eric Schmitt at the Times tells us that a new Yemeni-U.S. alliance on combatting Al Qaeda in Yemen has been formed; it includes both a military overhaul in Yemen and a joint effort to collaborate on tracking and killing and capturing the two dozen most dangerous Al Qaeda operatives. [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 2:00 am by Karen Tani
 Eric Posner (University of Chicago) covers War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences (Oxford University Press), by Mary Dudziak (here). [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 3:05 pm by Raffaela Wakeman
Eric Schmitt and Declan Walsh cover the story at the Times. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 7:49 am by Raffaela Wakeman
Eric Schmitt at the New York Times and Greg Miller at the Post covers the hearing and its aftermath,  and Mark Hosenball and Susan Cornwell at Reuters note that those testifying confirmed that the U.S. is considering transferring some Guantanamo detainees to Taliban custody as an incentive to negotiations. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 12:07 pm by The Book Review Editor
   Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker are two consummate national security reporters at the New York Times and their approach to this daunting subject is refreshing and important. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 7:31 pm by tekEditor
The first event of the year, the session featured Julian Assange's lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson and New York Times Pulitzer-prize winning reporter Eric Schmitt. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 7:58 am by Raffaela Wakeman
Eric Schmitt and Michael Schmidt write in the New York Times that the drones keeping watch in Iraq are less than welcome these days, despite their being operated by the State Department, not the military. [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 8:00 am by Kenneth Anderson
by Kenneth Anderson CJ Chivers and Eric Schmitt have a lengthy and important front-page story in this past Sunday’s New York Times detailing scores of instances of civilian collateral damage from NATO air operations in the Libya fighting. [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 7:05 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) CJ Chivers and Eric Schmitt have a lengthy and important front-page story in this past Sunday’s New York Times detailing scores of instances of civilian collateral damage from NATO air operations in the Libya fighting. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 7:48 am by Robert Chesney
  Here is what I write on this issue in my forthcoming paper on the legal aspects of military-intelligence convergence: According to Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of the New York Times, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates during his tenure had long been concerned by the prospect of kinetic operations undertaken without presidential pre-approval …. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 4:48 am by Jack Goldsmith
Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of the NYT report that the Obama administration considered using offensive cyber-weapons in the war in Libya, but in the end did not use them. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 7:25 am by Raffaela Wakeman
Eric Schmitt at the New York Times also covers President Obama’s order. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 8:06 am by Lovechilde
There is now a growing conviction among US security analysts that three groups across northern Africa - Somalia's al-Shabaab, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in the north (possibly including Libya), and Boko Haram in Nigeria - are beginning to coordinate their actions and knowledge (see Thom Shanker & Eric Schmitt, “U.S. sees big threat in 3 African groups”, New York Times, 16 September 2011). [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 8:06 am by Lovechilde
There is now a growing conviction among US security analysts that three groups across northern Africa - Somalia's al-Shabaab, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in the north (possibly including Libya), and Boko Haram in Nigeria - are beginning to coordinate their actions and knowledge (see Thom Shanker & Eric Schmitt, “U.S. sees big threat in 3 African groups”, New York Times, 16 September 2011). [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 7:50 am by Raffaela Wakeman
Sneek Peak: The New York Times this weekend published this adaptation of Eric Schmitts and Thom Shanker’s forthcoming book, “Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda. [read post]
24 Jul 2011, 8:09 pm by Rick Hills
Our latter-day Carl Schmitts, Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule, are urging to embrace this last Schmittian innovation. [read post]
23 Jul 2011, 4:46 am by Marty Lederman
Eric and Adrian invoke Roosevelt's first inaugural address -- you know, the "only thing we have to fear is fear itself" speech. [read post]