The New York Times reports:  WASHINGTON — President Obama is considering airstrikes or airdrops of food and medicine to address a humanitarian crisis among as many as 40,000 religious minorities in Iraq...

When the court returns from recess, the parties move into argument on AE277, the defense’s motion for a judicial order compelling an MRI of Al-Nashiri’s brain to determine if he has brain damage. The de...

This week's pre-trial session in United States v. Al-Nashiri came to a close yesterday; courtesy of new Lawfare contributor Zoe Bedell, you'll find summaries of the day's key developments in our "Events ...

Judge Spath begins today’s hearings noting that Al-Nashiri is not present. The court first hears testimony from the Guantanamo Staff Judge Advocate who had received Al-Nashiri’s waiver, Captain G, who wa...

The thing kind of speaks for itself:

So reports the New York Times: MOSCOW — Edward J. Snowden, the American intelligence contractor who published a raft of secret documents and then fled to Russia, has been granted a three-year residence ...

The New York Times is reporting that, according to Kurdish officials, American forces have bombed ISIS targets in Iraq: American military forces bombed at least two targets in northern Iraq on Thursday ...

Over at the Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Gorman is reporting on a new letter from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Sen. Leahy's FISA reform legislation. Signed by U.S.

Judge Spath then moves to AE 295, a defense filing and the penultimate item on the agenda.

In the final session for the day, Judge Spath announces he has come to a ruling on AE277.  This is the defense's bid for Al-Nashiri to have an MRI examination, presumably in order to unearth the damage w...

A reminder: Lawfare has digests of yesterday's pre-trial proceedings in United States v.