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Petitioners' Reply Brief Filed in Force Feeding Dispute
We blogged earlier in the week about a motion brought by four detainees at Guantanamo----Ahmed Belbacha, Nabil Hadjarab, Abu Wa'el (Jihad) Dhiab, and Shaker Aamer. -
USG Opposition to Detainees' Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Stop GTMO Force-Feeding
Earlier this week Ben posted on a motion, brought by a group of Guantanamo detainees and asking the District Court to preliminarily enjoin force-feeding at the detention facility. The court ordered the ... -
DNI James Clapper's Letter Apologizing to Congress
The letter that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper wrote to apologize to Congress about his testimony in March 2013 regarding NSA surveillance of American citizens is now publicly available.... -
Abdullah Notes An Appeal
His long-pending motion for a preliminary injunction having been denied in May, Yemeni detainee Hani Abdullah now has noted his appeal to the D.C. Circuit. -
An Injunction Against Forced Feeding?
A group of hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees is asking the U.S. District Court in D.C. for a preliminary injunction against forced feeding. Judge Rosemary M. Collyer has ordered the government to brie... -
Dishonor in High Places: Sandbagging the Intelligence Chief---Again
On March 12 of this year, Senator Ron Wyden asked James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, whether the National Security Agency gathers “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of mi... -
House vs. Senate on the NDAA
Raffaela has already posted on both the House of Representatives's and the Senate's versions of this year's NDAA--highlighting their differences with regards to Guantanamo detentions and transfers. -
Senators' Letter to DNI Clapper on NSA Surveillance
A group of twenty-six senators yesterday wrote to DNI James Clapper, and inquired about the executive branch's application of the USA PATRIOT ACT---chiefly, it seems, the "business records" provision set... -
CFR Interview on "Extraditing Edward Snowden"
I'm the subject of today's installment of the Council on Foreign Relations' otherwise excellent "Interviews" series--an effort to distill the nuances of hot-button legal issues for a more diverse audienc... -
Justice Thomas and the <em>Feres</em> Doctrine
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How It Looked Then: Edward Levi's 1975 Take on Security, Secrecy, and Accountability
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EDVA Grants Motions to Dismiss in Ameur v. Gates
Last Thursday, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted motions to dismiss the suit of a former Guantánamo detainee in Ameur v. Gates for lack of sub...
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