In a 13-page opinion made public today (but dated May 23, 2011), Judge Lamberth in al-Hajj v.

There's been quite a bit of activity in the Guantanamo habeas courtrooms since Larkin last posted these statistics in mid-April. Last week's voluntary dismissal of Fahmi Al Assani's and Suleiman Al Nadhi...

Two Guantanamo detainees, Fahmi Al-Assani and Suleiman Al-Nahdi, have moved the D.C. Circuit to dismiss their habeas appeals (Al-Assani's motion is here, Al-Nahdi's is here).

The D.C. Circuit has denied rehearing en banc to Guantanamo detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman, whose habeas case the court decided in March.

Several pieces in the news today may be of interest to Lawfare Readers. The Washington Post reports on the Pentagon's list of  critical cyber-weapons: The Pentagon has developed a list of cyber-weapo...

DOD has just announced that charges have now been sworn by military commission prosecutors in the case against KSM and four others linked to the 9/11 attacks.  From DOD's press release:                 T...

The Supreme Court has reversed the Ninth Circuit in al-Kidd v.

One further thought about the D.C. Circuit's Al Madhwani opinion--along the same lines as I mentioned earlier. There are at least two other places in this brief (12 page) opinion in which the panel opini...

The D.C. Circuit has just issued its opinion in Al Madhwani v. Obama--a Guantanamo habeas case. The case, which I previewed here and whose oral argument Larkin and I tag-team-covered here, is brief and b...

According to Der Spiegel Online, Germany is withholding intelligence from the United States out of concern over the legality of such cooperation in circumstances that might result in a drone strike killi...