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Critical Thoughts on New Report on Obama Leak Crackdown
Today the Committee to Protect Journalists published a very critical report on the Obama administration’s efforts to crack down on leakers and control the flow of secret information from government offic... -
Relaunch of the GTMO Periodic Review Boards
Just as the great post-2008 wave of GTMO habeas litigation winds down, it appears to be time, at last, to revive the Periodic Review Board system at GTMO. DOD breaks the news here (text reprinted below ... -
A Bad Idea Recycled
If a capture comes, can calls to send the terrorist to Guantanamo be far behind? Apparently not. ABC News is reporting that GOP Senators Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, and Saxby Chambliss are calling fo... -
D.C. Circuit Denies Government's Motion to Postpone Argument in Aamer v. Obama
The government may not have its act together, but the third branch insists on carrying on anyway. The other day, the Justice Department filed a motion to postpone oral argument in the force-feeding case... -
DoD Special Envoy for Gitmo Closure Named: Paul Lewis
The Pentagon has just announced the new DoD special envoy for Guantanamo closure: Paul Lewis. Secretary Hagel Announces Appointment to Key Defense Post Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today announced th... -
Ninth Circuit: No Subject-Matter Jurisdiction In Hamad v. Gates
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its memorandum opinion in Hamad v. Gates, a challenge by a former Guantanamo detainee to his detention and treatment while in U.S. custody. It found that §22... -
On the Effects of the Shutdown
A veteran administration official emailed me just now in response to my piece last night on congressional Republicans and the shutdown: "Nice Piece (on the shutdown)," the official writes. "You are right... -
Tsarnaev Files Motion to Vacate Special Administrative Measures
Last Wednesday, accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion to vacate special administrative measures (SAMs) imposed on him and his attorneys. In his motion, Tsarnaev argues that the ... -
Hilary Mantel on National Security Threats, Detention, Prosecution, Conspiracy, and State Secrets
Hilary Mantel is justly famous for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (Wolf Hall, Book 2 -
National Security, the Shutdown and Moral Seriousness
Imagine if the Democrats in 2007, having just regained control of the Congress, had decided to go to the mat against the Bush tax cuts. Imagine that they voted repeatedly to repeal them. They tried to de... -
D.C. District Court Orders Expanded CIA FOIA Disclosures
A little-noticed district court opinion has expanded---at least at the margins---the universe of national security materials subject to FOIA requests. We missed this opinion when it came out back in Aug... -
Is the “Covert Action” in Syria Actually a Covert Action?
I have noted how openly the United States has been leaking information about its covert action to support moderate Syrian rebels – from its inception through the supposed recent ramp-up. I notice via a
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