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Obama Finally Solves the Guantanamo Problem
The Onion has the story: WASHINGTON—After two years of false starts and protracted legal wrangling, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Tuesday authorizing the transfer of all 172 Guantánamo... -
"I'm from the NSA, and We Don't Get Out Much"
It isn't every day that a representative of the National Security Agency gives a public speech on the agency's understanding of "Protecting Civil Liberties in a Cyber Age." So I thought I would take good... -
Congressional Hearing on Guantanamo Detainee Transfer Policy and Recidivism
Yesterday the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Guantanamo Detainee Transfer Policy and Recidivism. The link to the hearing Web site, which ... -
Duke University Conference Blogging
Bobby and I just finished an unusually good panel at the annual Duke University national security law conference. It was entitled "Indefinite Detention of Terrorists" and was one of the best such events ... -
Michael Glennon’s Criticisms of OLC Libya Opinion
Michael Glennon, a longtime critic of presidential war unilateralism, has written a sharp critique of the April 1 OLC Opinion in support of the Libya intervention. The conclusion (footnotes omitted): OL... -
Parties Debate How Esmail Concurrence Supports the Kiyemba Cert. Petition
Today counsel for the five Kiyemba v. Obama petitioners who are seeking cert. -
Libya Intervention Update
The United States is still bombing, under NATO command. And Congress, which has not authorized this action, is still dithering. If this pattern continues for another month (or two), the administration ... -
I Hate to Say I Told You So...
...but nobody who has read Detention and Denial (which, judging by the fact that it is burning up the Amazon sales ranking at #183,999, is not that many people!) can be remotely surprised by this Los Ang... -
Habeas Numbers and a Correction (of the Washington Post)
The recent decision from the D.C. Circuit (the Esmail affirmance), and Supreme Court's recent cert. denials in several cases, warrant an update to our habeas numbers. -
Almerfedi Oral Argument Summary
They say you can't tell how a case is going to come out from an oral argument. Sometimes you can, and today is one of those days. Hussain Salem Mohammad Almerfedi is going to have his head handed to him ... -
Mike Schmitt on No-Fly Zones, LOAC, and Libya
Mike Schmitt (Durham) has an very interesting piece at the Yale Journal of International Law Online concerning UNSCR 1973 and the use of force in Libya. Mike previously served as legal advisor to Operat... -
On the AP Story on Short-Term Detention Facilities in Afghanistan (and Gambling in Casablanca)
Last week the AP published a rather breathless piece titled "AP Exclusive: US military holds terror suspects in secret jails for weeks without charge." That certainly got my attention. From the title, ...
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