The Department of Homeland Security today announced a new policy on immigration enforcement.  In summary the policy will allow the exercise of discretion by the Executive Branch to defer action, on a spe...

You'll recall that three 9/11 defendants earlier responded to Judge Pohl's inquiry regarding separate trials for each of the five accused.

I actually don't have much to say, now that it's here, on the New York Times editorial on the detention case cert denials.

Kind of interesting that military commission defense lawyers insist that the defendants should be able to wear the clothes of their choice but that  female prosecutors should cover up.

Craig Whitlock has a very interesting piece in the Washington Post today, the main thrust of which is to describe the military's efforts to establish aerial surveillance capacity across wide swaths of Af...

Have you heard of the "Switchblade" UAV?  In brief, it is a man-portable UAV that a soldier in the field can launch in mortar-like fashion, obtaining beyond-line-of-sight surveillance (with video and GPS...

Not quite pret-a-porter?  Various media are reporting on the recently released motion by the 9/11 defendants, who desire to

I will testify tomorrow afternoon before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of the Law of the Sea Convention.  A copy of my written statement is here.   Former Deputy Secretary of State Jo...