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An Apology: Alsabri
I'm afraid I owe Lawfare readers an apology. Because of a calendar foul-up, I missed yesterday's D.C. Circuit argument in Alsabri v. Obama, a Guantanamo habeas case--nor did I write an oral argument prev... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The AP and the AFP have the story of Abd al-Nashiri, the main suspect in the USS Cole bombing, whose trial Bobby discusses here. The AP -
McKeon Letter to Obama on Detainee Provisions of the NDAA
Here is the latest salvo in the debate relating to the NDAA provisions relating to detainees: Last week Chairman McKeon sent this 7-page letter to the White House responding to the administration's earli... -
Historical Examples of Remand to Military Detention After Commission Prosecution
Yesterday I asked whether there are any historical examples in which (i) a military commission prosecution occurred during an armed conflict rather than afterwards, (ii) the defendant was acquitted, and ... -
Meta-Correction
May God bless their little souls. The poor dears really are trying. The New York Times editorial page has now corrected its correction. This is getting meta, and this post will be incomprehensible to th... -
Al-Nashiri's Motion on Potential Post-Acquittal Detention
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A Call for Debate on the Merits of the Mandatory Military Custody Provision of the NDAA
The latest public development in the long-running fight over the detention provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act occurred last Friday when a group of 13 Senate Democrats (all the Democrats... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton staunchly defended the Iraq withdrawal on several Sunday talk shows; her remarks on ABC's The Week are available here, beginning at minute 6:54. However, President Obam... -
The Coming Wave of War Crime Prosecutions in Libya
An interesting story in the Post this weekend draws attention to the fact that about 7,000 detainees currently are held without criminal charge in various locations throughout Libya, and with varying deg... -
Unsporting to Shoot Fish in a Barrel?
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Kenneth Anderson writes of my post yesterday, "What should most concern the Times are the couple of emails I’ve received from several eminent professors, smart and intellec... -
The New York Times Runs a Correction on an Editorial!
I awoke this morning to a genuine marvel: An actual real-live correction to a New York Times editorial on a national security issue. It reads as follows: This article has been revised to reflect the foll... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ongoing developments in Libya continue to generate abundant news. Most notably, the United Nations has called for an inquiry into Qaddafi's death, reports Nick Cumming Bruce of the New York Times.
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