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Today's Headlines and Commentary
According to Noah Rosenberg of the New York Times, Viktor Bout, a high-profile Russian terrorist who became known as the "Merchant of Death," was found guilty in NY federal district court of a raft of cr... -
Smart Sanctions Against Individual Haqqani Leaders Instead of a Group-Wide Designation
A while back I posted on the fact that the State Department has not formally designated the Haqqani Network as a whole to be a foreign terrorist organization, which among other things precludes applicati... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Nine lawyers representing high-value Guantanamo Bay detainees set to be tried in military commissions are objecting to a new policy monitoring all correspondence between them and their clients on the gro... -
Intelligence Spending Declines
From the invaluable Steven Aftergood over at Secrecy News: For the first time in more than a decade, the total U.S. -
Military Detention After a Commission Acquittal: The Government Responds in al-Nashiri
Last week I noted that al-Nashiri has moved for an order compelling the government to state whether it would remand him to military detention for the duration of hostilities in the event of an acquittal.... -
Convictions Affirmed in "Miami Seven" Case
The Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the convictions of several members of the group referred to in the media variously as the “Miami 7,” the “Liberty City 7,” or the “Seas of David.” The men were convicte... -
Arrests in Anti-Government Militia Terrorism Case
Dramatic news out of Atlanta yesterday, as federal prosecutors announced the arrest of members of a "fringe militia group" charged with conspiring to carry out an array of terrorist attacks on government... -
Rehearing Granted in Vance v. Rumsfeld
The full Seventh Circuit has granted the government’s motion to rehear en banc Vance v. Rumsfeld, a suit by two U.S. citizens alleging that they were detained and tortured by U.S. forces in Iraq. -
Warafi Habeas Opinion Released
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has released Judge Royce Lamberth's opinion on remand in Warafi. Judge Lamberth first denied Makhtar Al-Warafi’s habeas petition some time back, but t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Be careful what you tweet, all you political dissidents. The Department of Homeland Security has begun "developing guidelines for culling intelligence from social media networks" after the events of the... -
National Security Law Moot Court Competition at GW
From our friends at George Washington: The co-chairs of the 2012 George Washington University Law School National Security Law Moot Court Competition would like to encourage law students from around the... -
I Can't Quite Express. . .
. . . how excited I am about this: a new blog by New York Times Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal. I confess, the following line from his introductory post disappoints me a little: Nor will I blog a...
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