David Remes, who represents several Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay, writes in response to my comments this morning on Eric Lewis's New York Times column: Ben chides Eric Lewis for setting goals Ben t...

Yesterday, I linked to this new blog---called the Air Force General Counsel Blog. I asked Air Force General Counsel Charles Blanchard about the project. He responded: Our hopes for the blog are modest.  ...

So reports NBC News, which apparently obtained a copy of Petraeus' statement to the CIA workforce.  From the NBC report's opening: CIA Director David Petraeus resigned Friday, citing an extramarital affa...

Back in June, I wrote a fairly lengthy post analyzing the ability of detainees in U.S. custody facing extradition or other involuntary transfer to a foreign sovereign to challenge their transfer pursuant...

One important consequence of President Obama’s re-election will be the further entrenchment, and legitimation, of the basic counterterrorism policies that Obama continued, with tweaks, from the late Bush...

Writing at the New York Times web site, Eric Lewis of Lewis Baach, describes a human rights agenda for the Obama administration's second term: First, he must release certain Guantánamo detainees, who hav...

I was struck by this report of a recent oral argument in the 2nd Circuit involving a terrorism prosecution.  The defendant (and his co-conspirators) were convicted of having plotted to blow up a synagogu...

This has gotta be a first of some kind.

A sharply-divide en banc Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down its opinion in Vance v. Rumsefeld, reversing a panel decision to allow a suit by American citizens alleging detention and torture...