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No Preliminary Injunction for Al Hawsawi
The D.C. Circuit has batted back Mustafa Ahmed Al Hawsawi's request for a preliminary injunction to stop the new mail search policy at Guantanamo Bay. A per curiam order by a panel consisting of Judges M... -
Latif Public Cert Petition Released
Here it is--redactions and all. Enjoy! -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots to report on Afghanistan today: According to a classified coalition report given to the New York Times, NATO-trained Afghan soldiers are killing the very people who trained them at an rising rate. ... -
More Al-Nashiri Transcripts
The last of the transcripts from the second day of the Al-Nashiri proceedings are available here and here. -
My Review of William Shawcross’s “Justice and the Enemy”
It can be found here (and Wells’s review for Lawfare can be found here.) I liked the book, which uses the dilemmas and compromises of Nuremburg as a lens for Shawcross's empathetic and fair-minded accou... -
Brig. Gen. Mark Martins Remarks After Second Day of Al-Nashiri Hearing
CHIEF PROSECUTOR MARK MARTINS REMARKS AT GUANTANAMO BAY 18 JANUARY 2012 -
"The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda," by Ali H. Soufan with Daniel Freedman
Published by WW Norton (2011) Reviewed by Dana Stern Gibber -
Denial of Motion to Suppress FISA-Derived Evidence in Al-Shabaab Prosecution
United States v. Mahamud (D. -
Al Janko Also Appeals
Former Guantanamo detainee Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Janko has also filed a notice of appeal in the D.C. Circuit concerning a December decision by Judge Richard Leon throwing out his civil suit. -
Ghailani Appeals
The brief isn't public yet, but it appears to have been filed in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
I'm back from Ft. Meade, MD after Ben and my little Al-Nashiri liveblogging excursion. -
Al Kandari: Gov't Response to Petition for Rehearing En Banc
As we noted at the end of December, Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari filed a motion for rehearing en banc in the D.C. Circuit, asking the court to consider whether Federal Rule of Evidence 1101(e) applies...