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Two Uighurs have now been transferred from GTMO to...
... El Salvador. [I've just changed the title to reflect the fact that other Uighur detainees still remain at GTMO]. From DOD's press release: IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 291-12 April 19, 2012 -
The Politics of the Cyber Legislation Debate
Over the past several weeks, I’ve written a number of blogs about the substance of the cybersecurity bills pending before Congress. As the House moves to consider cyber legislation next week and as the ... -
GTMO, Civil Suits, and Qualified Immunity: The Problematic Analysis in Hamad v. Gates
Was it clearly established in 2006-07 that GTMO detainees were entitled to the protections of the Fifth Amendment? A district judge in Washington State thinks so, adding that it was clearly established ... -
Government Response Filed in Suleiman
The government has filed its response to Abdulrahman Abdou Abou Al Ghaith Suleiman's petition for rehearing en banc in the D.C. Circuit. -
House Homeland Cyber Bill -- The Lungren Substitute
The House Homeland Security Committee has now released its own updated version of a cybersecurity bill. The text is (Lungren Substitute April 2012). This bill stands in pretty significant contrast to ... -
Court Dismisses Detainee Suit in--Of All Places--Washington State
A judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Washington in Seattle has dismissed a Bivens action by a former Guantanamo detainee against former Defense Secretary Bob Gates. Adel Hassan Hamad is... -
Cert. denied in two Guantanamo cases
Today the Supreme Court issued cert. determinations in two of the several Guantanamo-related petitions that have been filed this term. The Court denied both petitions, declining to hear either Abdah v. -
More Habeas Silliness: The "Right to Habeas Corpus" Act
Rumor has it that sometime this week (perhaps as early as tomorrow), Congressmen Scott Rigell (R-VA) and Jeff Landry (R-LA) will introduce a bill titled the "Right to Habeas Corpus Act." In short, the bi... -
Two Visions of Cyber Reality
Sometimes my friends ask me "how bad is it really?" How bad is the cyber threat? It's hard to answer that question -- and its even harder when the experts can't reach a consensus. It would be almost i... -
Rogers-Ruppersberger Manager's Amendment
The Rogers-Ruppersberger bill will come to the floor the week of April 23. It's information sharing provisions are likely to be the crux of the debate on the House side. Today, the Manager's filed a dr... -
Emerging Law of Detention 2.0--Updates
Last year, Bobby, Larkin, and I released a paper entitled "The Emerging Law of Detention 2.0: The Guantanamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking." The paper promised to be a kind of living document: Rather than si... -
Court Filings in Nashiri v. MacDonald
I hope you aren't too sick of reading about Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Muhammad Abdu Al Nashiri, 'cuz there's more. No, this isn't from his military commission case.
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