The Pentagon tweets that the U.S. military has begun airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Iraq.  Precisely, force has been deployed against IS artillery that was used “against Kurdish force...

This time, it's Mohammed Al-Adahi (remember him?). The opinion is by Judge Gladys Kessler.

Here y'are.  Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, the Chief Prosecutor at Guantanamo, opens his statement as follows: Good afternoon. This Friday will mark sixty-nine years since the signing of the London Agreement ...

As Wells notes, the Obama administration is contemplating air strikes in Iraq to protect threatened religious minorities there.

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: [View the story "My Twitter Exchange with Glenn Greenwald " on Storify]

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 ...