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  • From the Al Warafi Record

    As Ben highlights in his summary of yesterday’s Al Warafi oral argument, a key issue for the D.C. Circuit in this case is the meaning of the district court’s finding that Al Warafi served as a medic with...
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    Those Lawfare readers who do not use social networking sites should ignore this post. For those, however, who do use Facebook and Twitter, I am writing to ask that you take modest steps using those site...
  • On the Authenticity of the Taliban's Awal Gul Statement

    Aaron Zelin, who runs the Jihadology site, writes in with the following information by way of verifying the authenticity of the Taliban's statement on the death of Awal Gul: I noticed that you recently p...
  • Khalifh Voluntarily Dismissed

    An important order in Khalfih v. Obama snuck under our radar last week. It is a dismissal order in a Guantanamo merits case, granted on the petitioner's motion.
  • Raha Wala on Military Commissions

    In January I wrote a short piece for Foreign Policy arguing that the current military commission system is much less problematic than some critics claim though also not the ideal solution some perceive i...
  • Al Warafi Oral Argument Summary

    Lawfare readers, let my devotion to you never be questioned. To bring you this here summary of today's oral argument in Mahktar Al-Warafi v. Barack Obama, I have had to engage in a mortification of the f...
  • Al Warafi Oral Argument Preview

    Tomorrow morning the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument in Al Warafi v. Obama, a Guantánamo merits appeal that challenges Judge Lamberth’s March 2010 decision denying habeas relief to petitioner Mukhta...
  • The Taliban on the Death of Awal Gul

    In light of the statements released this past week by the Center for Constitutional Rights and lawyers for Awal Gul--the Guantanamo detainee who died of an apparent heart attack--the following statement,...
  • "Weeks, not Months"

    That is Attorney General Eric Holder, on March 15, 2010, explaining to the House Judiciary Committee  how long it would take the Obama administration to decide where to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik M...
  • Event Today: Understanding Detention and Predicting Prosecutions

      Harvard Law School's National Security Journal and National Security and Law Association are co-hosting a great event today up in snowy Cambridge.
  • A Death at Guantanamo

    In other news from Guantanamo, the military has announced the death of one of the detainees: MIAMI --  Joint Task Force-Guantanamo announced today that a detainee died of apparent natural causes late Tue...
  • New Habeas Denial--Alsabri

    U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina has denied the habeas petition of Mashour Abdullah Mugbel Alsabri (ISN #324). We will post the opinion as soon as a declassified version is available and post updated n...
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