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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Let's start with the Aghanistan news. There has been another suicide bombing in Helmand province, signifying the Taliban's continued unwillingness to negotiate with the United States and causing three de... -
Book Event: "The Law of Counterterrorism" at Georgetown
For all D.C. readers, this upcoming event at Georgetown University Law Center may be of interest. The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law Cordially invites you to a critical discussion of ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times reports on NYPD police commissoner Raymond Kelly's decision to personally cooperate with the prooducers of "The Third Jihad," an anti-Muslim film that drew "angry condemnation from Mus... -
A Closer Look at Lebron v. Rumsfeld (Padilla’s Bivens Suit)
As Jack and Steve have both noted, yesterday the Fourth Circuit issued its opinion in Lebron v. Rumsfeld, the appeal seeking reversal of a district court's decision denying Jose Padilla declaratory and e... -
Parwan and Al Maqaleh
As Ben pointed out yesterday, the Washington Post report about the possibility that non-Afghan detainees held at Parwan will be repatriated to their home countries is significant news. Apart from its imp... -
Laura Pitter Responds
Laura Pitter of Human Rights Watch responds to my criticisms of her coverage of the Al Nashiri motions hearing: Benjamin Wittes is correct in concluding that I (and Human Rights Watch) share his desire t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
As Bobby and Steve have already discussed, John Kiriakou, the author of "The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror" has been indicted for allegedly leaking classified information to th... -
Non-Afghans at Parwan to be Repatriated
This story in today's Washington Post won't get the attention it would garner if it dealt with Guantanamo, but put it in the category of Very Important if True. -
Drone Strikes and U.S. Citizens: The White House Opts for the Half-Monty Over the Full-Harold
Daniel Klaidman at Newsweek, whose forthcoming book on the Obama Administration's counterterrorism policies promises to be must-read material, reports that the decision has been made to go public with so... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Islamic militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a string of terrorist attacks that killed more than 150 people in Nigeria. -
Supreme Court Holds that Installing GPS Tracker on Vehicle Is a Search
[Update: I've revised the text here to show that the Court did not actually say a warrant is always required in such cases] What a day. Now we have a Supreme Court decision (United States v. -
Readings: Ashley Deeks on the "Unable or Unwilling" Test
Ashley Deeks (formerly senior State Department lawyer and currently a fellow at Columbia Law School) has posted to SSRN a new piece appearing in Virginia Journal of International Law, 'Unwilling or Unabl...
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