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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Most of today's news involves trials, so let's start with that. In the Tarek Mehanna case, the Boston Globe says that jurors were shown graphic videos of suicide bombings, the twin towers burning, and o... -
Government Moves for Public Access in Nashiri
The documents themselves are not available yet, but the docket in Nashiri reflects that on Friday, the government moved "for Public Access to This Military Commission Via Transmission of Open Court Proce... -
New Volume in the Naval War College Blue Book Series
The Naval War College, as many readers will be aware, has a long tradition of publishing terrific law of war papers in its annual "Blue Book" volume, based on presentations at its annual summer symposium... -
General Cartwright on Offensive Cyber Weapons and Deterrence
In an interview with Reuters, General James Cartwright, who retired a few months ago as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, maintains that the United States needs to disclose its offensive cy... -
Government Challenges Bahlul's Counsel
Here's an interesting military commission development. The government has moved to disqualify counsel--and thus end the appeal--of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, whose military commission conviction ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The AP reports that Barry Walter Bujol Jr., a 30-year old Texan "accused of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to join al-Qaida fighters in the Middle East and provide the group with money, equipment and U.... -
Military Commission Regulations Available
The new regulations for the military commissions have just been posted on the military commission's website. This long (202 page) document is a comprehensive list of the military commissions' procedures,... -
Ben and Bobby's Whereabouts
To our more devoted readers: blogging will be on the lighter side today because Ben and Bobby are speaking at the Defense Department's 8th Annual Worldwide Detainee Conference. Do not fear though--things... -
"The Only Man Ever to Enter Parliament with Honest Intentions"...
...was, of course, Guy Fawkes, who entered in 1605 with the intention of blowing the place up, along with King James I. Today, November 5, is Guy Fawkes Day--a holiday we don't celebrate in the United S... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lots of stuff before the weekend. Kimberly Dozier of the Associated Press reports that the CIA is following "Facebook, newspapers, TV news channels, local radio stations, Internet chat rooms--anything o... -
More on Executive Disregard of Federal Statutes
As Bobby notes, Charlie Savage reports that the Obama administration disregarded a congressional statute that banned (through a spending condition) certain activities of the Office of Science and Technol... -
Exclusive Presidential Power to Select Diplomatic Agents
Charlie Savage reported yesterday that OLC has issued an opinion (available here) concluding that Congress exercised its spending power in an unconstitutional manner when it purported to bar the White Ho...
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