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Summary Judgment in Guantanamo FOIA Case
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates has granted summary judgment to the Pentagon in a Freedom of Information Act cast brought by the International Counsel Bureau and the law firm of Pillsbury, Winthrop, Sh... -
Closing the MOU Loop: My PENNumbra Response to Andrew Kent on Why <em>Boumediene</em> "Rights" Don't "Expire"
Back in early November, Ben and I blogged about Fordham Professor Andrew Kent's provocative new essay, "Do Boumediene Rights Expire?," which he published in "PENNumbra," the online companion to the Unive... -
Syria, Chemical Weapons, and Possible U.S. Military Action
Over the weekend, the United Kingdom joined the United States in warning publicly about Syria’s intentions regarding its chemical weapons. Foreign Secretary William Hague told reporters that the U.K. -
Appellees' Brief Filed in Hedges
To the day's tally of important national security law filings, add this: the appellees' brief in Hedges v. Obama. The below comes from the brief's argument section: Comparing the text of the two enact... -
CRS Report on “Detention of U.S. Persons as Enemy Belligerents”
The Congressional Research Service published on December 4 a report entitled “Detention of U.S. Persons as Enemy Belligerents,” which the Federation of American Scientists has posted. Its summary reads: ... -
Petitioner's Supplemental Brief in Al-Bahlul
[UPDATED 3:18 p.m.] Lawyers for military commission accused Ali Hamza Suliman Ahmad Al-Bahlul have filed their supplemental, what-do-we-make-of-Hamdan brief with the D.C. Circuit. The government's respo... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ismail Khan of the New York Times (not to be confused with the Afghan warlord with the same name) reports that a senior Al Qaeda commander by the name of Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan was killed by a drone s... -
Improved Prospects for a US-Afghan Security Agreement...But at What Cost?
A few weeks ago, I noted a post by Chris Jenks arguing that negotiations for a US-Afghanistan security agreement might come to grief over the issue of criminal jurisdiction over U.S. -
Jonathan Hafetz Replies re: Non-Citizens and the New Feinstein Amendment
Below the fold, I'm pasting in a reply by Jon Hafetz from Seton Hall to last Friday's post by Marty Lederman and me on the new Feinstein Amendment and the military detention of non-citizens apprehended w... -
Complexities in USG Covert Action to Supply Weapons to Syrian Rebels
Last week I noted that U.S.-blessed Qatari arms shipments meant for Libyan rebels were diverted to Islamist terrorist groups in North Africa. This morning’s papers imply the possibility of something sim... -
Hays Parks on the Demise of the DOD Law of War Manual
Last week in DC, the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security put on its annual "review of the field" conference. It was a great event, as always. One of the highlights was a very interestin... -
New AUMF for Africa?
Just after the election, I wrote: As we have often discussed on this blog, and as Bobby has best documented, terrorist organizations that threaten the United States are increasingly difficult to fit und...
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