Can the military commissions be improved?  Recent events squarely raise the question.  A New York jury recently convicted Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law of conspiracy to kill Americans and other terrorism-...

Denied without comment today, by the United States Supreme Court: the petition for a writ of ceritorari in Hedges v. Obama. 

Here it is.  The remarks of Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, the Chief Prosecutor at the military commissions, open thusly: In my remarks two weeks ago, I highlighted one woman’s bewilderment at how the open mil...

Excellent recent posts by Ben and Marty draw attention to the impact that the drawdown in Afghanistan likely will have on GTMO habeas litigation.

In May I will be participating in a conference at the Hague Institute for Global Justice.  Part of the Global Governance Reform Initiative, the conference is entitled "

Editor’s Note: Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring in December 2010, commentators have regularly described relations between Washington and Riyadh as strained at best and near collapse at worst. The po...

After CDR Lockhart lays out the parties' agreed upon schedule for the rest of the afternoon session, the court begins with AE 244, a defense motion to dismiss numerous charges as multiplicitous of other ...

Picking up on the end of Thursday's session, the court will consider multiple defense motions seeking to strike the first aggravator---that the life of one or more persons other than the victim was unlaw...

The morning session starts off with the calling of a pseudonymous witness, Dr. M, to testify on Al-Nashiri's psychological diagnosis and current treatment at Guantanamo Bay. But there's already a problem...