Here is the Government’s brief in support of its summary judgment motion in response to requests by the NYT and ACLU  for records on targeted killings, especially with regard to U.S. citizens.  This is t...

Today's report includes the boilerplate-for-such-documents "consistent with the War Powers Resolution" phrase.  It also includes the excerpt below regarding counterterrorism efforts in Yemen and Somalia:...

You'll recall that the three-judge panel in Hamdan v.

The ACLU has filed its reply brief in the D.C. Circuit in its FOIA case against the government, which seeks information about CIA use of drones for targeted killing.   I have discussed this case briefly ...

At this hour, the military commissions chief prosecutor, Brigadier General Mark Martins, is giving the following address at Knox College: Brigadier General Mark Martins Commencement Address Knox College...

Waaaay back in January, Ben noted that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani had filed his opening brief in his appeal to the Second Circuit. Ghailani is appealing his conspiracy conviction and life sentence for his ro...

I haven't read these yet, but here is the government's supplemental brief in Hedges, and the transcript of the  hearing in the district court. I'll have comments on them, if appropriate, once I've had a ...

We noted last week that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul's petition for an initial hearing in that court en banc.

The unofficial transcript from May 3rd's oral argument in Hamdan v. USA in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals before Chief Circuit Judge David Sentelle and Circuit Judges Douglas Ginsburg and Brett Kavana...

I've blogged before about al-Shimari v. CACI International, and the larger question of whether state law tort claims may be brought against government contractors arising out of their support of military...

I only just noticed this new report by Mark Denbeaux, Jonathan Hafetz, and an extensive list of others at the Seton Hall University School of Law, entitled "No Hearing Habeas: D.C. Circuit Restricts Mean...