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Among the policies President Obama announced in his speech: a renewed commitment to transfer detainees to third countries, where possible. To that end, he said he would appoint a new GTMO-focused envoy a...
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In 2010, Yemeni detainee Hani Abdullah had sought a preliminary injunction from the district court. He argued that the United States had to treat him in accordance with an executive agreement concluded ...
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Judge David Sentelle wrote today's majority opinion in this long-running habeas case, in which Mukhtar Yahia Naji Al Warafi had claimed (among other things) that even if he was a Taliban member, he serve...
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The President's speech was a dog's breakfast: some good parts, some bad parts, and some ugly parts.
The Good. The most significant part of the speech was the President's description of clearer standar...
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President Obama made two important announcements about aspects of Guantanamo and its detainees in his speech today. These are worth flagging before I pivot and harp on the big problem with the President'...
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In his speech today, President Obama explicitly raised this perennial, maddeningly difficult issue.
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The President's remarks follow below.
The Future of our Fight against Terrorism
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery
National Defense University
May 23, 2013
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Watch President Obama's speech at National Defense University below:
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Before it gets lost in the coverage of this afternoon's speech by the President, I wanted to flag a very important development in the ongoing saga that is the Bradley Manning court-martial.
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In his speech this afternoon, the President is expected to announce a renewed effort to close Guantanamo. This will require hard work, both with Congress and with other countries. When the President ...
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Today, counsel for Saeed Mohammed Hatim filed an "Emergency Motion Concerning Access to Counsel," both in the Yemeni detainee's recently reactivated habeas action, and in In Re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee C...
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In advance of the President's speech tomorrow, the Attorney General has just sent this letter to Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, describing the Administration's legal basis for...
