Under the Intelligence Authorization Act, the DNI is required to release data on Guantanamo reengagement. He has now done so. Here's the key table:

My former colleagues on the Washington Post editorial page have weighed in quickly on Eric Holder's speech yesterday with an editorial entitled, "It's Time to Release the Drone Memos." The gravamen of th...

In a surprising development, less than a week after last Tuesday's oral argument in Kiobel v.

In this post, I focus on the portion of the speech addressing the targeted use of lethal force, including against US citizens. To cut to the chase, the heart of the discussion comes when the Attorney Gen...

As promised, Attorney General Holder delivered an address on law and national security today at Northwestern Law.  The speech covered an array of topics, including a defense of the legitimacy of military...

The Times has an important story from Alissa Rubin this morning describing the ongoing negotiations between the US and Afghanistan regarding the future of the US presence there.  We have frequently heard...

In an earlier post, I summarized the information sharing provisions of the Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill.  In this post, I want to take the same summary approach to the newly introduced McCain bil...

From London24, which bills itself as "London for Londoners," we learn that "Ex-Guantanamo Detainee from East Ham Attacked Traffic Warden": Tarek Dergoul, of Holland Road, East Ham, was in a bicycle shop ...

Peter Margulies writes in with the following analysis of British proposals to reform the European Court of Human Rights: The European Court of Human Rights has increasingly become a tribunal pushing back...

Attorney General Eric Holder will apparently give a public address on Monday that will provide a fuller explanation and justification for the government's policies on targeted killings, including for the...