Luke Moffett

Military AI Policy by Contract: The Limits of Procurement as Governance Over the past year, the United States has moved toward an AI governance model that is flexible yet profoundly inadequate: regulation by contract.

The public debate has framed the Anthropic-DOD fight as a struggle between the Pentagon or Silicon Valley over control of military AI. But the deeper problem is a structural one, argues @jtillipman.bsky.social.

Canada restricts drug boat intel from U.S. navy's Caribbean airstrike operation | CBC News HMCS Yellowknife has just ended its deployment in a U.S.-led anti-drug-smuggling mission in the Caribbean, where American airstrikes on suspected drug boats have killed over 150 people. Canadian offic...

"The Department of National Defence says it has safeguards in place to prevent intelligence from being shared with elements of the U.S. military that have carried out numerous lethal strikes on small boats in the Caribbean."

Presumably b/c it views the strikes as illegal.
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AI-generated Iran war videos surge as creators use new tech to cash in

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"In fact, Iran has no Tomahawks."

"The Maronite . Catholic priest was killed in Qlayaa, Lebanon, on Monday as he sought to assist parishioners whose house had been fired upon by an Israeli tank"

"Fr. El-Rahi rushed to the house ... with several young people when the tank struck the house again"

A shepherd dies with his flock.

Report Offers New Evidence of Starvation Crimes in Darfur Two leading international law scholars analyze a report from the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab on evidence of starvation crimes in Darfur.

A report out today from Yale Humanitarian Research Lab offers new evidence of starvation crimes in #Darfur.

#InternationalLaw professors Tom Dannenbaum and Oona Hathaway provide their legal analysis of the new data.

#Sudan

‘Extraordinary cruelty’: images show longterm ‘starvation strategy’ in Sudan Experts argue sensor and satellite data reveal targeted attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on farming communities were intended to prevent villages producing food

‘Extraordinary cruelty’: images show longterm ‘starvation strategy’ in #Sudan by #RSF where the plan was to destroy the local food chain through the destruction of villages and farm equipment and displacement of farmers www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn

How the Assad Regime Disappeared Thousands of Children New testimony and unearthed records expose a deliberate policy of family separation and years of systematic abuse

During the 14-year war that killed more than half a million people and displaced 13 million more, the Assad regime also forcibly disappeared more than 150,000 Syrians.
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US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows.

A newly published video shows that a US Tomahawk missile hit a medical clinic inside an IRGC base and near a primary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab where the authorities said 168 people, including around 110 children, were killed.

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The U.S. killed six more civilians in a boat strike in the Pacific Ocean yesterday.

More than 150 people have been slain in these extrajudicial killings since September 2025. @theintercept.com is tracking them all here:

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Man in UK charged with crimes against humanity in Syria The 58-year-old man has been charged in relation to his time working in the Syrian Air Force Intelligence.

NEW: Arrest in London of former Syrian Air Force intelligence officer. For years the Syria work of the War Crimes Unit at Counter Terrorism Command (Met Police) has focused on 'structural investigations', but this apparently follows tip off by Syrians in London. #UJ 1/2
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Gerry Adams: IRA bomb victims' civil court case begins in London The men are seeking a ruling that Adams is personally liable for decisions to plant car bombs in London and Manchester in 1973 and 1996.

IRA bomb victims' court case begins against Gerry Adams "The claimants seek to recover £1 each by way of vindicatory damages from the defendant Mr Adams. Their case is not focused upon their injuries & the considerable losses that have resulted from those injuries"
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Technology and the ICRC’s GC IV 2025 Commentary The 2025 ICRC GC IV Commentary integrates technology into its analysis, and raises concerns about its treatment of data as property.

As part of our joint symposium with @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social and @ejiltalk.bsky.social, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social surveys how the @icrc.org's updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention integrates technology in its analysis of specific rules:

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Thousands flee South Sudan ahead of planned military operation Thousands of civilians have fled the opposition-controlled town of Akobo in eastern South Sudan after the national army ordered residents to evacuate ahead of a planned military offensive, local officials reported on March 8th by the Associated Press. The mass departure began late on March 7th in the town, which lies close to the border with Ethiopia. According to Nhial Lew, a local humanitarian affairs official, the area has been largely abandoned as residents rushed to escape the looming conflict.

Thousands flee South Sudan ahead of planned military operation

Thousands of civilians have fled the opposition-controlled town of Akobo in eastern South Sudan after the national army ordered residents to evacuate ahead of a planned military offensive, local officials reported on March 8th by the…

What is the ‘acid rain’ in the wake of US bombings in Iran? An atmospheric scientist explains This rain would include acids but also likely many other pollutants harmful to humans and the environment. It may be worse than the term ‘acid rain’ conveys.

A more extended overview here on air pollution born from the bombed oil depots in #Iran by Israel and health and environmental risks from acid rain that followed. theconversation.com/what-is-the-...

Sinking the Iran’s Frigate IRIS Dena and the Law of Naval Warfare Legal explainer concerning the attack on Iranian vessel, the IRIS Dena, and failure of the U.S. submarine, the USS Charlotte, to attempt a rescue.

Sinking the Iran’s Frigate IRIS Dena and the Law of Naval Warfare

By Michael Schmitt (@mikeschmitt.bsky.social) and Elizabeth Hutton

Top experts explain the law of naval warfare concerning the location of the Iranian vessel, the attack itself, and U.S. submarine's lack of attempted rescue.

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon highlights, once again, the need for stronger international law on incendiary weapons.

New from @hrw.org/ @ramzikaiss.bsky.social ⤵️

More murder on the High Sea by Trump administration, designating people as terrorists doesn't legitimise killing them, it's an extrajudicial execution which is illegal under international law (and it's not a war)

Hegseth promised “death and destruction from the sky all day long”.

Because of the US bombing of oil storage facilities, Tehran residents are now at risk from toxic acid rain falling from the sky.

Appalling human and environmental cost to this war.

This is blatant perfidy and a war crime under Art.8(2)(b)(vii) of the Rome Statute of the #ICC and Art.37 of AP I to the Geneva Conventions which prohibits misuse of Red Crescent emblem and enemy uniforms that results in death or serious injury #Lebanon #IDF

War in Middle East 'deliberate assault on international law', says President Connolly The UAE’s defence ministry said it had intercepted 16 missiles on Sunday, while a 17th fell into the sea

Take note, @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social:

Irish President Catherine Connolly says events in the Middle East are “deliberate assaults on international law” and must be called out “without euphemism and without equivocation”. www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...

Trump Blames Iran for Deadly Strike on Girls’ School President Trump on Saturday blamed Iran for the bombing of a girls’ school in southern Iran, which Iranian officials say killed more than 160 people. “My opinion, based on what I’ve seen—that was done...

The footage appears to contradict President Donald Trump’s claim it was an Iranian missile that hit the school on Feb. 28. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Bahrain News: Drone attack causes material damage to water desalination plant

That the destination plants many people rely on for water are on the table in both Iran and Gulf states is not good www.gdnonline.com/Details/1377...

Airstrike Hit Iranian Emergency Medical Base in Shiraz, Killing 20 Open-source evidence and satellite imagery show that the March 5 strike destroyed a first responders’ outpost in Zibashahr Park, leaving an identified military site 200 meters away untouched

A review by @ntabrizy.bsky.social and myself of post-strike videos, images, satellite imagery and mapping data shows that a civilian park hosting an EMS base in Shiraz was directly hit, killing at least 20 and raising questions about mistaken targeting.

‘History longs to heal’: how Africa hopes to advance campaign for reparative justice At festival in Kenya, artists and writers discuss role arts can play in continent’s growing push for redress over colonial crimes

‘History longs to heal’: how Africa hopes to advance campaign for reparative justice for colonial crimes #reparations www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Use of incendiary weapons to target military objectives in civilian populated areas is prohibited given their indiscriminate effects and causing unnecessary suffering even if Israeli hasn't signed up to CCW Protocol III

The Incendiary Bomb Never Seen in Israel Before - bellingcat The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has dropped 5,000 bombs on Iran since the United States and Israel launched an attack last week, according to a statement by the IAF on March 4. Bellingcat has monitored we...

New from Bellingcat - New photos released by the Israeli Air Force show a bomb not previously seen in Israeli service. Analysis suggests it’s a 2,000-lb class bomb fitted with a JDAM guidance kit, with markings indicating a possible incendiary component.
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Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”