Michael Hirsh has a piece at Politico on the disorganized, uncoordinated crafting and implementation of the administration’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State. Of particular interest to Lawfare readers is the news that National Security Advisor Susan Rice failed to consult with DOD when she wrote a letter to Congress last summer asking for the repeal of the 2002 AUMF. DOD was surprised by the letter, Hirsh says, because (according to a senior defense official) DOD tought at the time that the 2002 authorities “were still needed.” Here is the relevant passage:
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