To the list of significant motions to be argued tomorrow during the motions hearing in Al-Nashiri, add this: the defense’s contention that the charge of conspiracy is beyond the commission’s jurisdiction...

As Raffaela has already noted, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled this morning that Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other wanted terrorism suspects may be extradited from the United Kingdom...

CIA General Counsel Stephen is giving the following remarks today at Harvard Law School: Remarks of The Honorable Stephen W. Preston General Counsel Central Intelligence Agency Harvard Law School Cambri...

One motion to keep an eye on during the upcoming commission session in United States v. Al-Nashiri: the defense’s request for the Commission to order Guantanamo officials to permit Al-Nashiri to meet wit...

Judging by the docket, we are in for a lengthy motions hearing starting tomorrow morning in United States v. Abd al-Rahim Hussein Mohammed Abdu Al-Nashiri — the capital military commission case alleging ...

The rise of new technologies such as drones, enabling more discrete surveillance and uses of force, is one factor prompting new interest in covert action (used in a colloquial sense).

For more than a decade, the United States has asserted authority to detain without criminal charge in Afghanistan under color of the law of armed conflct (LOAC).  Because for the bulk of this period that...