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That's the word from The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg. She also reports that the sworn-but-never-referred military commission charges against Faiz al Kandari, one of two Kuwaitis still held at Guantan...
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From the Blog of the Legal Times, we learn that the ACLU has filed its opposition to the CIA's motion to remand, in the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") appeal now awaiting oral argument before the D.C.
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Lots of healthcare national security news and commentary today.
In developments Bobby discussed yesterday, the Associated Press reports on the new developments in the Al Kidd case—namely, that federal M...
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There has been speculation about the effect of the Obama administration’s pinched detention policy – i.e. no new detainees brought to GTMO, and no new detainees to Parwan (Afghanistan) from outside Afgha...
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Remember Tuesday's order in Wahid v.
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This is rich.
An English-language Saudi newspaper, the Saudi Gazette, has an editorial entitled "Close Guantanamo" bashing President Obama for failing to keep his campaign pledge to close the detention ...
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The Harvard Law Review has published this article on the Latif decision as its presumption of regularity by a student named Al-Amyn Sumar. The article is dated in two important respects--first, that it a...
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Apropos of Steve's fascinating post (and essay) concerning judicial reluctance to permit civil suits to go forward in national security related cases: new developments in connection with the al-Kidd liti...
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In case you didn't hear, more than one opinion came down today at the Supreme Court. In addition to the health care decision, the justices affirmed the 9th Circuit's invalidation of the Stolen Valor Act,...
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A light news day on the law-and-security front--so you can focus on the health care decision.
The Taliban has released a video that allegedly shows seventeen beheaded Pakistani soldiers.
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Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul has filed his reply brief in his appeal of his military commission conviction in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. You'll recall that Al Ba...
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For D.C.-area readers, I'll be participating in what should be a lively discussion of the current and future legal and policy issues surrounding military commissions (I suspect it will be that much livel...
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Why have victims of alleged governmental misconduct arising out of post-September 11 counter-terrorism policies met with virtually no success thus far in pursuing damages claims arising out of the govern...
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Big Pakistan news day today. The Associated Press reports that ISAF Commander General John Allen is meeting the Frenemies today to discuss the still-at-large Haqqani network and the still-not-open suppl...
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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday granted the United States' motion to dismiss in Wahid v. Gates - a habeas case in which the petitioner had challenged his detention...
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Jessica Herrera-Flanigan certainly seems to think so and, honestly, I can't disagree with her. From the article:
Even if cybersecurity legislation does get through the Senate, there is not a clear path ...
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I thought Lawfare readers might find at once fascinating and amusing these Powerpoint slides from the Chinese presentation at the recent MILOPS conference in Singapore. They’re, uh, certainly unencumbere...
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All of us at Lawfare extend a warm welcome to Rear Adm. John W. Smith, Jr. He is the new commander of Guantanamo Bay detention center, replacing Rear Adm.
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James Connell III, a lawyer for 9/11 accused Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, has released this statement regarding residual issues related to torture and coercion. In particular, he says that he and other lawyers e...
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I missed this the other day, but it seems to me extraordinary: A former president seems to be calling the current president of his own party an assassin.
If you think that's hyperbole, read Jimmy Carter...
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