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Obama to Disregard Congressional Restrictions on Civilian Trials for GTMO Detainees?
Dafna Linzer reports that President Obama’s advisors are urging him to issue a signing statement proclaiming that certain aspects of the defense spending bill that limit his authority to try GTMO detaine... -
Where Is the Long-Delayed Ruling from the Court of Military Commission Review as to Viability of Material Support Charges?
One of the most important questions clouding the debate over the utility of military commissions has to do with the viability of material support charges in that forum. To be blunt, we need to know the ... -
Happy New Year
Just a quick post to give warm wishes for an excellent new year to Lawfare readers everywhere. In particular, here is wishing safety and success to our readers and their colleagues deployed in Iraq and A... -
Detention and Denial--From the Introduction
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist,” says the low-grade con man to the arrogant customs agent in the 1995 movie The Usual Suspects, speaking of the gr... -
Detention and Denial Now Available
I am reliably informed (having checked the site) that Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor After Guantanamo is now available from Amazon.com--which presumably means it is available at other book sto... -
More on Yesterday's Times Editorial
Bobby is quite right to link yesterday's New York Times editorial to the one about which I complained back in October. -
The NY Times Editorial Page and Its Potentially Misleading Account of the Detention Status Quo
In an editorial that ran on Monday, the Times took up the laudable task of defending the administration’s plans to substantially enhance the procedural safeguards associated with the annual review board ... -
Ads for Very Worthy Causes
(By Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith, and Robert Chesney) Lawfare readers will have noticed, by now, that we have installed a small quantity of advertising on the site. The purpose of these ads is to gen... -
Dan Byman on Guantanamo as Recruitment Tool
A few days ago, I expressed doubt as to the veracity of the President's comments that "Guantanamo is probably the number one recruitment tool that is used by these jihadist organizations." I did so tenta... -
Government Brief in Post-Transfer Relief Appeal
A few weeks ago we posted the petitioners' joint opening brief in a consolidated appeal before the D.C. Circuit that tests whether federal courts retain habeas jurisdiction even after a detainee leaves U... -
Is Guantanamo Just a Legacy Problem?
The Washington Post published a typically thoughtful editorial today on the idea of an executive order to establish a review process for Guantanamo detainees who lose their habeas cases. Like me, the Pos... -
Thoughts on Obama's Gitmo Remarks
A few thoughts on President Obama's remarks Wednesday on Guantanamo, the full text of which I posted earlier. "Obviously, we haven’t gotten it closed. And let me just step back and explain that the rea...
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