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Subject Area(s): National security law, foreign affairs, presidential powers, terrorism, war on terrorism, war and peace, constitutional law, American foreign policy

All Courses: Advanced Topics in National Security Law I & II, War and Peace: New Thinking About the Causes of War and War Avoidance

Current Course(s): Indochina War: Legal And...

In the media:

• Real Lessons of Vietnam" (co-author) (Washington Times, 07/13/2008)
• "The War Powers Debate " (On Point (National Public Radio), 07/09/2008)
• "Pushing PC Nonsense" (author) (Washington Times, 03/03/2008)
• "UVA Prof Defends Domestic Government Spying" (C-Ville Weekly, 02/26/2008)
• "FISA & the Rule of Law" (author) (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 02/24/2008)
• "Consequences Mostly Unclear for Expiration of Temporary Surveillance Law" (CQ Politics, 02/12/2008)
• "Analysis: CIA Tape Case Evokes Watergate" (Associated Press, 12/19/2007)
• "Torture Nuances Stall Mukasey Nomination" (Associated Press, 11/03/2007)
• "FISA Law Irrelevant, Unconstitutional, Critics Say" (Cybercast News Service (CNSNews.com), 10/31/2007)
• "The Surveillance Law That Matters" (author) (Wall Street Journal, 10/24/2007)
• “Some Worry That Federal Charges Could Erode Freedom of Press” (Baltimore Daily Record, 09/17/2007)
• "Editorial: Listening In" (Wall Street Journal, 09/08/2007)
• "Debate Turns to Telecom Immunity" (Wall Street Journal, 09/08/2007)
• "Dems Regroup to Overhaul FISA" (The Hill, 09/06/2007)
• "At FISA Hearing, Little New, but Some Interesting Moments" (Salon, 09/05/2007)
• “House Tackles Surveillance Law” (Cox News Service, 09/05/2007)
• "Alberto Gonzales Resigns" (NPR's On Point, 08/27/2007)
• "Military Cites Risk of Abuse by CIA/New Bush Rules on Detainees Stir Concern" (Boston Globe, 08/25/2007)
• "Charity Case Spotlights Spying/Wiretapping - An Oregon Islamic Group's Fight with the Feds Gets to the Heart of Privacy in a Post-9/11 World" (The Portland Oregonian, 08/16/2007)
• "ABA targets CIA methods, Secrets Law/The Lawyers' Group Wants Congress to Override a Bush Order Allowing 'Enhanced' Interrogation Methods" (Los Angeles Times, 08/14/2007)
• "ABA Criticizes Bush Terror Policies" (Associated Press, 08/10/2007)
• "Wire-Tapping Authority" ("To the Point" Public Radio International, 08/08/2007)
• "A Blueprint for Instituting Martial Law in the United States" (bigbendchat.com, 07/30/2007)
• "Bush's Plan for 'Catastrophic Emergency'" ( Express-News (San Antonio), 07/30/2007)
• "Committee on Law and National Security Bush's Doomsday Plan Stirs Debate" (Hearst Newspapers, 07/28/2007)
• "War Crimes and the White House / The Dishonor in a Tortured New 'Interpretation' of the Geneva Conventions" (co-author) (The Washington Post, 07/26/2007)
• "Congress Reconsiders Measure Expanding President's Authority Over National Guard/Provision Allows President to Federalize Guard Without First Asking a State's Governor" (Austin (TX) American-Statesman, 04/24/2007)
• "Balance of War Powers: The U.S. President and Congress" (Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder, 04/17/2007)
• "How Congress Might Rein in US War Policy" (The Christian Science Monitor, 03/14/2007)
• "Bill May Bring Troops Home" (McClatchy Newspapers, 02/25/2007)
• "Leading Experts Say Congress Must Stop An Attack on Iran: Is That Constitutionally Possible?/Absolutely - According to Experts on Both Sides of the Aisle" (FindLaw, 02/09/2007)
• "Perspective: Decision-Making in Wartime" (St. Augustine (Fla.) Record, 02/06/2007)
• "Senator Feingold's Sin/The Backseat Generals Are Exposed" (The Wall Street Journal, 02/02/2007)
• "Democrats Work to Stop `Reckless Escalation' of War in Iraq" (Chicago Tribune, 01/31/2007)
• "Iraq Renews Historic Tensions Between President and US Congress Over Power to Wage War" (Voice of America News, 01/31/2007)
• "Congress to Test Bounds of Its War Power" (Associated Press, 01/30/2007)
• "Is the Government Examining Your Bank Account?" (NPR's Talk of the Nation, 01/17/2007)
• "Secret U.S. Wiretapping Program Eyed" (Associated Press, 11/27/2006)
• "Growing Threat, Growing Interest: National Security, Terrorism Law Hot Topic at Law Schools" (National Jurist, 11/27/2006)
• "Gadahn is Traitor, U.S. Says" (Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise, 10/12/2006)