The New York Times has an interesting story today about a police report summarizing interviews of Amal Ahmad Abdul Fateh, one of Osama Bin Laden's wives, who was living with him in the Abbottabad compoun...

Two new amicus briefs concerning the petition for a writ of certiorari in Latif. The first is on behalf of thirteen retired federal judges, who offer four main arguments:

The government filed its opposition to cert in the case of Moath Hamza Ahmed Al Alwi--a Guantanamo habeas petitioner. Al Alwi filed a petition for a writ of certiorari back in December, though we missed ...

Another amicus brief has been filed in the D.C. Circuit appeal of the military commission of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, this time by former members of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Arguing on ...

Raff already posted earlier about some of the amicus briefs filed today (or earlier) in the al-Bahlul case (the "other" military commission appeal currently pending in the D.C. Circuit).

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed its opening brief in its appeal of the District Court of the District of Columbia's granting of a motion for summary judgment for the Central Intelligence Age...

Two new amicus briefs have been filed in Bahlul v. United States in the D.C. Circuit Court recently. The first is a brief on behalf of international law professors (including our own Steve Vladeck). Its ...

I join Ben's praise for the Attorney General's speech. The Administration has done a good job in the speeches by Harold Koh, Jeh Johnson, John Brennan, and now the Attorney General in laying out a compr...

Here for all the world to see. We've got: The Stipulation of Fact Pre-Trial Agreement Appendix A of the Pre-Trial Agreement

Oral argument transcripts from the Supreme Court hearing this morning:  Kiobel and Mohamad.  Update: Opinio Juris is posting several posts and guest posts on the oral argument, including this one by Chim...

Journalist Pir Zubair Shah writes in the March-April 2012 issue of Foreign Policy. My Drone War: American drones have changed everything for al Qaeda and its local allies in Pakistan, becoming a fact of ...

The technological frontiers of conflict include cyberwar, robotics, and autonomous lethal weapons. It is time to add a new one: the use of neuroscience in conflict.  Whether by creating new weapons to be...