Congratulations to Scott L. Silliman and William B. Pollard III, both of whom the Senate last night confirmed to be judges of the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review.  Both men must formally be swor...

There has been some movement in the long-stalled Mingazov case—one of the Guantanamo habeas cases that’s still kicking around. Way back in December 2010, Larkin shared the government's brief in its appea...

Jack and Ben earlier noted the government's long-awaited brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in New York Times Co. v. Department of Justice and ACLU v.

Like Jack, I am a little surprised by the government's brief--filed late last night--in the ACLU/New York Times FOIA case on targeted killings.

Breaking: earlier today, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved its two pending nominees for judgeships on the Court of Military Commission Review - William Pollard, and Professor Scott L. Silliman...

A few days ago, the New York Times editorial page made a remarkable claim: "In the 19 [Guantanamo habeas] appeals [the D.C. Circuit] has decided, the court has never allowed a prisoner to prevail." As I ...

One of the more obscure habeas cases of the last few years has been El Falesteny v. Obama.  The case's key documents were sealed, both on appeal to the D.C.

I actually don't have much to say, now that it's here, on the New York Times editorial on the detention case cert denials.

Kind of interesting that military commission defense lawyers insist that the defendants should be able to wear the clothes of their choice but that  female prosecutors should cover up.

Have you heard of the "Switchblade" UAV?  In brief, it is a man-portable UAV that a soldier in the field can launch in mortar-like fashion, obtaining beyond-line-of-sight surveillance (with video and GPS...