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No Affirmance in Rimi; No Remand, Either
That's the gist of this order, issued today by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit, in Rimi v. Obama. The detainee, who had been transferred from Guantanamo to Libya in 2006, unsuccessfully sought h... -
A Different Take on <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em>
Ritika already posted about AEI's panel yesterday on Zero Dark Thirty, along with a link to the video of the proceedings. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
France will be departing Mali "quickly," according to the French foreign minister, as quoted in this AP report. Now that John Kerry has been confirmed (New York Times story here, and Washington Post sto... -
AEI Event on Zero Dark Thirty
The American Enterprise Institute held an event yesterday entitled “Watching ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ with the CIA: Separating fact from fiction.” According to the event description, the discussion centered ar... -
Hefty Sentences Handed Down in Kentucky Against Iraqi Insurgents
Back in 2011, I posted on the civilian criminal prosecution of a pair of former Iraqi residents Mohanad Shareef Hamadi and Waad Ramadan Alwan. Both men were charged with having been involved in the insu... -
Amy Davidson on the Guantánamo Red Light Mishigas
Although our own coverage of this week's pre-trial proceedings in the 9/11 military commission trial at Guantánamo already covered the issue in some detail, I couldn't help but be taken by Amy Davidson's... -
A Note on Dan Fried
On All Things Considered this evening, NPR's Ari Shapiro ran this story on the closing of Amb. -
AQIM and the Idea of a "Threat to the Homeland" Test
As is now familiar to everyone, rather difficult questions arise when we discuss the scope of the AUMF, the current scope of "al Qaeda," the meaning of "associated forces," and the circumstances under wh... -
1/29 Hearing #9: Maher Yes, Fox No, SCI Guy Maybe Later
AE50, our day's last, is James Connell III’s request to compel the production of three witnesses. The first is Robin Maher, an attorney who helped to develop the ABA’s guidelines on capital cases---a le... -
Motions Hearing in the 9/11 Case: 1/29 Session
Your correspondent returns to Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, for Lawfare's CCTV coverage of a second day of hearings in United States v. Mohammed et. -
1/29 Hearing #8: Al-Baluchi's Telephone Call and a Delay of Game (Maybe)
MAJ Sterling Thomas, on behalf of Ammar al-Baluchi, argues AE93---in which Thomas and James Connell III ask the court to grant their client a brief, audiovisual communication. Ammar al-Baluchi desires t... -
1/29 Hearing #7: Hurry Up With That Pleadings Review Already
AE55 is up next. In it, the defense jointly seeks the release of redacted versions of pleadings containing classified materials.
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