As you may recall, federal prosecutors in July charged Emerson Begolly with offenses including (i) solicitation based on online posts encouraging readers to attack Americans and (ii) the provision of ins...

U.S. involvement in Mexico's struggle against violent drug-trafficking organizations has deepened recently, according to Ginger Thompson's piece in the New York Times today: When violence spiked last yea...

Paul Starobin has a piece in the New York Times pondering the flip-flop of Harold Koh on war powers: During the Bush administration, he was legendary for his piercing criticisms of “executive muscle flex...

The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg has a fascinating story about Guantanamo detainees violating the Ramadan fast rules: With the vast majority of the prisoners at Guantánamo now marking their 10th Ramada...

They stop mad scientists plotting evil.

Josh Gerstein of Politico is reporting: The Justice Department is warning a federal appeals court not to disclose classified information about the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program...

Back in June, I posted the appeal of Jose Padilla and his mother in a civil case against a group of current and former Defense Department officials.

Here is the July 29 opinion in which Judge Brinkema explains why NYT reporter James Risen will not have to testify, in the Jeffrey Sterling leak prosecution, about whether Sterling was Risen’s source for...

I have only had a chance to skim this lengthy opinion by U.S. District Judge James Gwin allowing a suit against Don Rumsfeld and others to proceed  on some counts. But it appears to allege quite remarkab...

Over at the Long War Journal, Thomas Joscelyn--with whom Bobby and I have lately been sparring on Guantanamo transfers--has an interesting piece on the D.C. Circuit's recent decision in Al Alwi.