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Congress Has No Clothes: A Quick and Dirty Summary of the New FISC Opinion
Today’s release of two important FISC documents probably won’t generate the media frenzy that previous releases of NSA materials have sparked. As of this writing, the New York Times did not even have the... -
A New FISA Court Order Has Just Been Released
It is available here. It is dated August 29 and includes a "primary order" dated July 19. It deals with the legality of the telephony metadata program under Section 215. I have not read it yet but will d... -
"A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja," by Joost R. Hiltermann
A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja by Joost R. Hiltermann (Cambridge UP 2007) -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The gunman who opened fire at the Navy Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. has been identified as one Aaron Alexis, a former Navy reservist who was discharged in 2011 for misconduct. He was hired by ... -
West LegalEdcenter Webcast: "The NSA Disclosures: What Do We Really Know Now?"
We are doing an experiment on Thursday with the West LegalEdcenter: A lunchtime educational webcast entitled: "The NSA Disclosures: What Do We Really Know Now?" In our readership survey earlier this yea... -
Oral Argument Preview: The Bagram Habeas Petitions
The question before a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Tuesday morning: can a group of detainees held by the United States at Bagram airfield, in Afghanistan, challenge their detentions by petitioni... -
9/16 Session #2: An Update -- And a Postponement
It appears the morning's recess will push on a bit longer than the court indicated initially. Instead of resuming at noon, court will resume, we are now told, at 2:00 p.m. UPDATE: our proceedings are r... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
In breaking news, a gunman opened fire in the Washington Navy Yard this morning and is believed to be hiding in one of the buildings on the installation in Southeast Washington. The Washington Post repor... -
9/16 Session #1: Presence, and a Recess
It’s on again. All five accused are present. Opening the day's events are housekeeping matters, as always. First, since last session, the prosecution has added a new lawyer. Secondly, one of Walid Bin... -
9/11 Motions Hearings: September 16 Session
Your Lawfare correspondent returns to Fort Meade to watch, via CCTV, another week-long set of hearings in the military commission case United States v. Mohammed et al. The Chief Prosecutor, Brig. Gen. -
Reminder: 9/11 Case Coverage Resumes Tomorrow
Tomorrow will see the resumption of pre-trial hearings at Guantanamo, and CCTV broadcasts of those hearings at Fort Meade. Lawfare will be at Fort Meade's CCTV facility for the week-long session, as per... -
Appellants File Reply in Force-Feeding Case Aamer v. Obama
On Wednesday, the Guantánamo detainees appealing the D.C. District Court's refusal to enjoin the government from force-feeding hunger-strikers at the detention camp filed their reply in Aamer v. Obama.
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