In an earlier post, here, I described an article I was working on, with my colleague Sam Issacharoff, on detention, targeted killings, and the fundamental transformation we see taking place in the practi...

This just in: the last words (for a few days, anyway) in the Guantanamo attorney-client access dispute now pending before Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S.

One of the many difficulties that arise when a state employs its military to conduct operations within its own borders is the question of whether alleged abuses committed by the military should be tried ...

With a hat tip to Bobby, I wanted to flag that the Fourth Circuit on Friday upheld the conviction of Sean Brehm, a non-citizen convicted under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) for an...

I've been away on business travel this past week and am headed off on vacation next week so blogging for me has been light.  But one recent post caught my eye and motivated me to add a quick note: My co...

This just in - sort of.  On Wednesday, Judge Leonie Brinkema denied John Kiriakou's motion to dismiss certain counts against him on vagueness and overbreadth grounds.  Not at all surprising stuff, consid...

From Courthouse New Service:  Invoking the mass detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II, a federal judge on Tuesday appeared ready to uphold her injunction against the law that lets the U.S. ...

Yesterday the NYPD unveiled its Domain Awareness System, which aggregates and analyzes existing public safety data streams (including license plate readers and video surveillance camera systems) in real ...

I am on vacation, and blogging only minimally, so I missed this week's hearing before Judge Katherine Forrest on the plaintiff's request for a permanent injunction in Hedges. Seeing as how the argument t...

Secretary of Defense Panetta has directed the Defense Legal Policy Board to form a subcommittee to examine "military justice in cases of U.S.