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Guantanamo Detainee Moves Wants His Habeas Case Dismissed But to Keep His Lawyers
This is an interesting issue I have not yet seen before in a Guantanamo habeas case. Some time back, a detainee named Abdu Al-Qader Hussain Al-Mudafari filed a motion to dismiss his habeas petition witho... -
Brookings Paper on Terrorism and the Election
My Brookings colleague Daniel Byman and I have a paper out on the Brookings web site on terrorism as an issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. The paper is high-altitude and not chiefly about law. It i... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A storm of press on the President's visit to Afghanistan yesterday, where he signed a strategic partnership with Afghan President Hamid Karzai outlining relations between the two countries after American... -
Audio of Federalist Society Teleforum on Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens
Back in March (so, well before John Brennan's new remarks on the issue), my friend and colleague Mike Lewis from Ohio Northern and I participated in a "teleforum" debate for the Federalist Society on the... -
Thoughts on the Brennan Speech : Scope of the AUMF, CCF, JSOC, and Other Issues
Over at Opinio Juris, Gabor Rona of Human Rights First offers an extended critique of John Brennan’s speech on the use of lethal force. It is an interesting and provocative post, leading me to share a f... -
Peter Baker on Afghanistan v. Iraq Executive Agreements
Peter Baker has a post on the NYT’s page that marks the similarities between the just-announced sole executive agreement negotiated with Afghanistan with the one the Bush administration negotiated in Ira... -
Cheney’s 1989 Draft Speech on Congressional Overreaching in Foreign Policy
In his book Takeover, Charlie Savage analyzed a draft speech by Richard Cheney for a 1989 Conference at AEI that Cheney never delivered because he was nominated to be Secretary of Defense. Charlie has n... -
ACLU’s Jaffer on the CIA's Glomar Response, the Brennan Speech, and a Debate with Me
In connection with my post this morning on the Brennan speech and the ACLU FOIA litigation, Jameel Jaffer – who heads up the ACLU’s National Security Project – had this op-ed on the FOIA litigation (with... -
Four Big Questions Heading into the <i>Hamdan</i> Argument
Wells and Larkin have a more comprehensive preview in the works for Thursday's oral argument before the D.C. Circuit in Hamdan v. United States, and I'd encourage folks to wait for their contribution to ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots of coverage of John Brennan's speech. -
Al Hawsawi Files Motion to Dismiss
In the 9/11 military commission case, counsel for Mustafa al Hawsawi has filed a motion to dismiss, which was joined by all of his co-defendants in the trial. -
Greetings, and a Quick Thought on Brennan's Speech
Very glad to have joined the Lawfare team. I look forward to more sustained blogging once the spring grading season is over. For now, I'll offer just a quick thought on the speech John Brennan delivere...
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