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12/17 Motions Session #1: Sounds and Vibrations Redux
It’s go time down at Guantanamo. Per the court’s usual practice, all five accused are present for this first day of open proceedings, along with their lawyers---and, it appears, some new ones. Capt. Tod... -
Don't Miss the Footnotes: Judge Leon's Opinion in Klayman (Section 215 Collection)
Analyses of District Court Judge Richard Leon's opinion requiring the government to cease telephone metadata collection under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act against two plaintiffs are proliferating: ... -
Government Says No Additional Briefing Needed to Address Revised Force-Feeding Protocols
More back-and-forth in the force-feeding case Aamer v. Obama, on appeal before the D.C. Circuit. Last Wednesday, the government filed a response to the detainees' Dec. -
The Meaning of the Cyber Revolution
That is the title of a recent essay in International Security by Lucas Kello, a post-doctoral fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard. The essay is a rare effort to understand how international relation... -
District Court Opinion Enjoins Bulk Metadata Collection Program
This today from Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Leon appears to have stayed his opinion pending review. I haven't read it yet. But it concludes: In the m... -
A Duel of Letters in the Counsel Access Case
The nearly-singular focus of last week's oral argument in Hatim v. Obama, the counsel access case, was the intrusiveness of JTF-GTMO's genital-area searches. That focus hasn't at all shifted, judging by ... -
Two More Detainees Transferred, This Time to Saudi Arabia
The two detainees, Saad Muhammad Husayn Qahtani and Hamood Abdull Hamood, are both Saudi nationals, and were transferred to the Saudi government. A total of six Guantanamo detainees have been transferred... -
Has the NRO Lost Its Mind?
From the department of Not a Joke, Appearances Notwithstanding comes this article from Forbes. My only explanation for this is that the folks over at the National Reconnaissance Office must be having a l... -
Linda Greenhouse on "The Mirror of Guantanamo"
Linda Greenhouse has a thoughtful column over at the New York Times entitled "The Mirror of Guantanamo" about the Abdul Razak Ali case---about which I wrote some thoughts last week. Ten years ago, Greenh... -
This Year's NDAA: A Big Win for the Administration on Guantanamo
I have only had a chance to look briefly at the Guantanamo-related provisions of the House-Senate compromise NDAA, but the text looks to me like a big win for the Obama administration---and for common se... -
Just How Intrusive Are Those GTMO Searches, Anyway?
Quite intrusive, it seems---at least according to this letter filing, which was submitted yesterday in Hatim v. Obama, the "Counsel Access Case." Oral argument also was held yesterday, as y'all likely kn... -
Brennan Center Report Slams Current State & Local CT Programs
The Brennan Center for Justice released today a new report titled “National Security and Local Police.” They conducted surveys of more than a dozen major police departments and their affiliated state or...
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