Michael Isikoff from NBC News has posted a copy of a 16-page DOJ "white paper" on the legality of targeted killings--especially vis-a-vis U.S. citizens.  The memo itself is here; story here. I'm sure lot...

The D.C.

As expected.  You'll find the three judge panel's one-page per curiam order here. From the order: Upon consideration of the supplemental briefs filed by the parties and, in particular, the supplemental ...

Here 'tis.  From the supplemental brief's "Summary of Argument" section:

...is available here.  In a nutshell: Hamdan II requires reversal of Bahlul’s convictions by military commission of providing material support for terrorism, conspiracy to commit war crimes, and solicita...

On Thursday, lawyers for Abd Al Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri filed their reply brief in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald, a civil case now pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Al-...

The Secretary of Defense has released the attached memo on the implications of the fiscal cliff and sequestration on the Department of Defense. Read it here.

The government has filed its reply brief in Hedges.

A bunch of amicus briefs filed in Hedges---and a lot of red meat for NDAA-haters from that special libertarian land where Left and Right meet. Here's the Rutherford Institute, which argues that "The Nat...

The D.C. Circuit has handed down its latest Guantanamo habeas case, Khairkhwa v. Obama. The brief, unanimous opinion by Senior Judge A. Raymond Randolph for himself and Judges Judith Rogers and Merrick G...

To the day's tally of important national security law filings, add this: the appellees' brief in Hedges v. Obama.   The below comes from the brief's argument section: Comparing the text of the two enact...