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British Court Rejects Drone Lawsuit: Will Decision Affect Supreme Court Decision in Kiobel?
On Friday, a British court rejected a closely watched civil suit by the son of man killed in a 2011 drone strike in Pakistan that requests a judicial declaration that British intelligence officials may b... -
What is in the New NDAA, Why it Warrants a Veto, and Why it Probably Won't Get One
So what exactly is in the NDAA conference report that is prompting the agitation for a presidential veto? Here is a quick and dirty summary of "Subtitle D---Counterterrorism"---along with an explanation ... -
The NDAA and Detention in Afghanistan: Congress Takes a Step Toward Greater Involvement
Another noteworthy development in the conference version of the NDAA is section 1025. Think of this as a new direction in the congressionalization of detention operations in Afghanistan. What do I mean... -
Glenn Greenwald on Disparate Reactions to Newtown and to Children Killed in Drone Strikes
Glenn Greenwald has this lengthy and passionate piece on why Americans respond so differently to the killings in Newtown from the way they respond to the deaths of children killed in drone strikes. -
Agreement Reached on the NDAA
Politico reports that Senate and House negotiators have reached an agreement on the NDAA, with votes in both houses expected later this week...and then, on to the White House. The full text is available... -
Carrie Cordero on Physical Security at Schools
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following provocative thoughts on the Newtown shootings and layered physica... -
New Paper on Domestic Drone Issues
From the shameless self-promotion department, this: last week Brookings published my recent paper on the integration of unmanned aircraft systems---drones---into our national airspace. The piece identif... -
DOJ Comes To Its Senses; Drops Guantanamo MOU Appeal
About six weeks ago, I flagged the (in my view, alarming) filing by the government of a notice of appeal to the D.C. Circuit in the Guantanamo MOU/continuing access-to-counsel litigation. -
Administration Issues WPR Report
Here is the White House's supplemental consolidated report regarding the deployment of U.S. armed forces. The report is addressed to the Speaker of the House, and was---in the President's words---"prepa... -
Motion to Dismiss Filed in Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta et al.
Today, lawyers for Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and other federal officials sued in their individual capacities, filed a motion to dismiss in the case of Al-Aulaqi v. -
Emergency Motion Denied in Hedges
According to a notation on the Supreme Court's docke -
D.C. Circuit Opinion in <i>Khairkhwa</i> Comes Down
The D.C. Circuit has handed down its latest Guantanamo habeas case, Khairkhwa v. Obama. The brief, unanimous opinion by Senior Judge A. Raymond Randolph for himself and Judges Judith Rogers and Merrick G...
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