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A new essay of mine appears in the Hoover Institution's publication, Defining Ideas. The essay is adapted from the chapter I wrote in the book "Rules for Growth" published by the Kauffman Task Force on L...
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As Bobby mentioned, I’m giving a keynote address at noon tomorrow at American University’s Washington College of Law on the question, “The Guantanamo Detainees, What Next?” In that speech I will try, am...
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A very big win today for a collection of former government officials and military officers, as a district court dismissed all claims against them in a civil suit filed by Jose Padilla and his mother in c...
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Bet you weren't expecting CIA Director Leon Panetta to say this:
If the U.S. captures top al-Qaida leaders Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri, they would likely be sent to the Guantanamo Bay military p...
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Rising before the D.C. Circuit this morning on behalf of Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail, Danielle Barbour faces some non-trivial problems.
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We haven't circulated an update on the Guantanamo habeas numbers in a while, and this new set includes updates in several categories, as well as a minor methodological change.
Previously we had separate...
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Both Jack and I will be part of a Guantanamo-focused event this Friday at American's Washington College of Law, from 12 to 2. Jack delivers the keynote address, and then I'll appear as a panelist alongs...
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Yesterday two new GTMO habeas briefs became publicly available.
The first is the appellant's opening brief in Khan v. Obama (No. 10-5306). In this case, petitioner Shawali Khan appeals Judge John Bates'...
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As Josh Gerstein reports over at Politico, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates today granted the Al Maqaleh petitioners' motion for leave to file amended habeas petitions. Al Maqaleh concerns the habeas p...
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As noted below, Ambassador Hank Crumpton gave the keynote address at last week's symposium on air & missile warfare sponsored by the Texas International Law Journal. His speech was terrific, and the Q&A...
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The D.C. Circuit just issued its very brief decision to vacate and remand Hatim v. Gates (No. 10-5048). Text follows:
PER CURIAM: Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim, a Yemeni national, is a prisoner at the Guant...
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Another day, another D.C. Circuit argument preview coming a Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay.
This time, it's Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail, whose detention Judge Henry Kennedy approved last April. Esm...
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Tara Mckelvey at Newsweek has a story about her interview of former CIA acting general counsel John Rizzo, regarding the internal CIA process associated with decisions to kill specific individuals. The ...
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Today we received the public version of the petitioner's response brief in Almerfedi v. Obama (No. 10-5291), a habeas merits case. In this appeal the government seeks review of Judge Paul Friedman’s sole...
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In connection with the publication of his new book, Known and Unknown, Donald Rumsfeld has created an on-line library of interesting documents drawn from his time in U.S.
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Gosh, I just don't know what to say. A trading card? I'm speechless.
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Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman is in trouble. Facing a relatively congenial D.C. Circuit panel for a Guantanamo detainee and represented by counsel who did an excellent job presenting his case, he ma...
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Cybersecurity and Cyber Freedom: The Future of Digital Surveillance Technology
Monday, February 14, 2011
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Washington, DC
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Chairman Mike Rogers included in his remarks from yesterday's House Intelligence Committee meeting some thoughts about detention authorities.
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Because of a string of commitments and meetings this afternoon, I will probably not have a chance to write up an account of today's oral argument in the Uthman case until this evening. I know this will l...
