Some of them, apparently swim.  DHS is looking to develop a robotic tuna for missions in the maritime domain.  Talk about your Moments of Zen.  Happy Friday.

Here’s your three-part read-out from yesterday’s argument in ACLU v. CIA, or the FOIA action seeking CIA documents about drones. By way of summary, a three judge panel of the D.C. Circuit, comprised of ...

Per Ben's and Bobby's responses to my post from earlier this week, I think one point needs to be made crystal clear: If Ben and Bobby are correct, then the phrase "substantial support" in the March 13 br...

Today the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument concerning the ACLU’s FOIA request to the CIA for records related to the government’s program of targeted killing via “drones.”  Cutting through the statuto...

I'd like to expand on Ben's post below in relation to Hedges and the First Amendment, focusing on the "material support"/"substantial support" issue.  (I'm having to write quickly, so please excuse any t...

Based on the voluminous media and blog coverage of last week's decision in Hedges v. Obama, in which Judge Forrest permanently enjoined at least part of the detention provision of the FY2012 NDAA [sectio...

Chris Hedges yesterday put out this op-ed about the case bearing his name---in which, as doubtless you know by now, a district judge recently enjoined the enforcement of Section 1021(b)(2) of the NDAA.  ...

Circuit judge Raymond Lohier has granted the Justice Department's request for an interim stay of the permanent injunction in Hedges, pending the Second Circuit's consideration of the government's motion ...

Obaydullah, a Guantanamo detainee, today asked the D.C. Circuit to take up his case once more. A three judge panel of that court earlier affirmed the denial of Obaydullah's petition for a writ of habeas...

More on the government's ongoing effort to stay the district court's entry of permanent injunctive relief in Hedges v. Obama: it appears that the government's initial motion before Judge Forrest was for ...