Visiting Professor of Law Michael Schmitt recently co-authored a piece in Just Security titled “Expert Q&A: Are U.S. Threats or Use of Force Against Iran Lawful?” Schmitt argues that any U.S. military strike against Iran under current circumstances would violate international law’s foundational prohibition on the use of force.
“Any U.S. military strike on Iran under the current circumstances — either in relation to the dire human rights situation within Iran or its damaged nuclear program — would (once again) violate international law’s bedrock prohibition on the use of force,” write Schmitt.
Adam Klein, Director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, was quoted in an article in Dispatch on "FISA's Section 702 Has Lapsed. Now What?". Section 702's authority on surveilling non-Americans abroad lapsed for the first time on June 12. “The relative constitutional clarity that 702 provides should be seen as stabilizing and protective, and so for that...
After Congress allowed Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to expire over the weekend, Strauss Center Director Adam Klein provided his perspective to The Christian Science Monitor in their article "Congress lets part of spy law lapse. What's next for counterterrorism efforts?" FISA Section 702 grants the U.S. government the ability to surveil non-U.S. persons abroad without...
Strauss Center Director Adam Klein was interviewed for The Christian Science Monitor on "Why the surveillance powers in FISA roil Congress – across party lines," which discusses the national security and privacy issues surrounding Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is set to expire at the end of April. “Imagine that, today, an FBI agent is...