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New York Times Files Suit Against DOJ in Pursuit of al-Aulaqi Memo
The New York Times and columnists Charlie Savage and Scott Shane have filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act against the Department of Justice for access to the OLC memo authorizing the targeted... -
Stephen Voss Responds to Our FAQ
Stephen Voss, a philosophy professor at Bogazici University in Istanbul, writes in with the following response to Bobby's and my NDAA FAQ: The current NDAA contains, in section 1021, legislation that may... -
David Glazier on Past and Future Prosecution Options for Daqduq
David Glazier (Loyola Los Angeles) writes in with the following guest post in response to my earlier musings on the distribution of blame for the outcome in the Ali Musa Daqduq case: I think the analysis... -
Joanne Mariner on the NDAA
Joanne Mariner of Hunter College's Human Rights Program, writing at Justicia.com, has this lengthy analysis of the NDAA from a human rights and civil liberties point of view. It is the first half of a tw... -
Speaking of Parody Videos...
...this one from The Onion is not quite up to their usual standards, but it has a few smiles in it.
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The Latest Video from the Once Proud Amnesty International
It's hard to believe this video made it through the vetting process over at Amnesty International. My first instinct was that it had to be a group of high school students parodying an Amnesty Internation... -
Obama Administration Says Corporations May be Held Liable Under Alien Tort Statute
The Obama Administration filed an amicus curiae brief today with the Supreme Court in support of the Nigerian petitioners in the Kiobel case (which was brought against Shell Oil, relating to its activiti... -
In the Mail...
...comes Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, by William Shawcross. -
Please Hold Off on that Cert Petition
Counsel for Guantanamo habeas petitioners Uthman, Almerfedi, and Latif--all of whom have cert petitions pending or imminent--have asked the Supreme Court to hold off on deciding whether to grant until th... -
Guilty Verdict in Online Incitement Case
A jury has returned a guilty verdict against Tarek Mehanna, in a case that raises questions about the scope of criminal liability for online activities promoting violence. The case raises very interesti... -
Raha Wala Writes His Own FAQ
Raha Wala of Human Rights First has rewritten Bobby and my NDAA FAQ. Here is his very commendable effort: While I agree that much of he public discussion of the NDAA provisions has been hyperbolic, I als... -
Seema Saifee on Obama's Veto Backdown
As Lawfare readers know only too well, I don't engage with He Who Must Not Be Named on this Blog. I do, however, engage with Seema Saifee, who represents four Guantanamo Uighurs (three of whom are no lon...
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