...attacking their own enemies. Second, let's consider the operational realities. The Strategy declares that "We must adapt the concept of imminent threat to the...capabilities and objectives of today's adversaries." But that requires a sophisticated understanding of what those capabilities and objectives actually...

...lawfully take action to defend themselves against forces that present an imminent danger of attack. Legal scholars and international jurists often conditioned...do not seek to attack us using conventional means. They know such attacks would fail. Instead, they rely on acts of terror and, potentially, the use of...

...lawfully take action to defend themselves against forces that present an imminent danger of attack. Legal scholars and international jurists often conditioned...legitimacy of preemption on the existence of an imminent threat—most often a visible mobilization of armies, navies, and air forces preparing to attack. ons...

...exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively . . . our best defense is a good offense. . . .We must adapt the concept of imminent threat to the...capabilities and objectives of today's adversaries. . . . To forestall or prevent hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary,...

...Administration, in particular, argued in a national security strategy document released in 2002 that "we must adapt the concept of imminent threat to the capabilities and objectives of today's ... rogue states and terrorists" by expanding the parameters of preemptive self-defense to include...

...here we need not resist in principle the proposal of the US National Security Strategy document to 'adapt the concept of imminent threat to the capabilities and objectives of today's adversaries'. That need only mean that the meaning of'imminent' is context-dependent and content-dependent, which...

...lawfully take action to defend themselves against forces that present an imminent danger of attack. Legal scholars and international jurists often conditioned...do not seek to attack us using conventional means. They know such attacks would fail. Instead, they rely on acts of terror and, potentially, the use of...

...lawfully take action to defend themselves against forces that present an imminent danger of attack. Legal scholars and international jurists often conditioned...do not seek to attack us using conventional means. They know such attacks would fail. Instead, they rely on acts of terror and, potentially, the use of...

...lawfully take action to defend themselves against forces that present an imminent danger of attack. Legal scholars and international jurists often conditioned...threat to the capabilities and objectives of today's adversaries.23 This passage's reference to "imminent threat" harks back to a classic exposition of...

...regards to the use of force, stated in his presentation of the US National Security Strategy that: Legal scholars and international jurists often conditioned...mobilization of armies, navies and air forces preparing an attack.33 But then went on to say: We must adapt the concept of imminent thereat to the capabilities...