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According to the BBC, a report from the Global Terrorism Index found that the number of deaths from terrorism increased by 61 percent in 2013, while the number of attacks increased by 44 percent. We begi... -
11/18 Session #2: Now or Later, Part Two
The prosecutor, Lt. Col. David Long, finishes his arguments regarding whether to push back argument on motion AE21, Al Hadi's challenge to physical touching by female Guantanamo guards. Long says no. ... -
11/18 Session #1: Now or Later, Part One
Judge Waits ascends the bench and the hearing once more comes to order. It seems Al-Hadi is here, along with attorneys for both sides. Housekeeping: The military judge explains that yesterday and this m... -
Al Hadi Motions Hearing: November 18 Session
It's a chilly afternoon here at Fort Meade---the venue for today's closed circuit television broadcast of pre-trial litigation down at Guantanamo. Proceedings in the military commission case of United S... -
Bruce Riedel on the Origins of the Islamic State
A brief history of the Islamic State in the form of an animated video from my Brookings colleague Bruce Riedel. Bruce is the director of The Intelligence Project at Brookings, and he spent 30 years at th... -
Executive Power and Immigration Reform
The current flap about President Obama's plan to proceed without Congress on immigration matters isn't really about national security law. But it is about the law of presidential power and thus of inhere... -
Upcoming Congressional Hearings on ISIL, Iran
The week before Thanksgiving features a few Congressional hearings of note for the Lawfare readership. Tomorrow at 10:00 AM, there is a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on ways of "cou... -
11/17 Session #4: Discovery, Both Bergdahl-Related and Not
In AE18, Lt. Col. Tom Jasper seeks, on behalf of Al-Hadi, to compel discovery into certain communications---those between the Convening Authority and Defense Department brass, regarding the release of Pr... -
The Navy's Scary New Death Ray
Got a problem with Iranian UAVs threatening your ships? Want to remotely start fires on small boats? The US Navy has just what you need: the 30 kilowatt-class Laser Weapon System (LaWS). [caption id="" ... -
11/17 Session #3: Common Allegations, Part Two
We return from recess, and Clayton resumes his argument in opposition to AE19---a motion to strike common allegations from the charge sheet against Al-Hadi. Clayton refers to Stirk’s suggestion that the... -
11/17 Session #2: Common Allegations, Part One
In motion AE19, the defense asks the court to strike certain common allegations from the charge sheet. One of Al-Hadi’s lawyers, Maj. Ben Stirk, explains why. The incorporation of “common allegations” i... -
11/17 Session #1: Article 5?
The military judge, Capt. Keith Waits, calls our session to order. All parties are present, including the accused. That means a quick colloquy about Al-Hadi’s right to be present, the consequences of k...
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