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What’s on the Table? March 7, 2011

1. Over at the Volokh Conspiracy we have a long post on the law and politics of intervening in Libya. A good look at the contortions of international interventions. Also, incidentally, there are apparently a number of Egyptian commandos on the ground in Libya, aiding the rebels. Shades of the aftermath of the French revolution if you ask me.

2. Also, companies vying for US security contracts have started to put up dog-whistle advertising in DC- ads full of jargon that only government procurement officers can understand. I think this is a bad sign: first, there’s obviously too much money in all of this now, and second, under what circumstances do we want our national security decisions to be based on what some bean-counter happens to see on the side of a bus on his way to work?

Credits: Julia